Euploca ovalifolia

Euploca ovalifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Heliotropioideae
Genus: Euploca
Species: Euploca ovalifolia

Name

Euploca ovalifolia (Forssk.) Diane & Hilger, 2003

Synonyms

• Heliotropium apiculatum E.Mey. ex DC.
• Heliotropium brocchianum Vis.
• Heliotropium cinereum R.Br.
• Heliotropium coromandelianum J.Koenig ex Retz.
• Heliotropium coromandelianum var. depressum (Cham.) DC.
• Heliotropium coromandelianum var. oblongifolium DC.
• Heliotropium coromandelianum var. ovalifolium Lehm.
• Heliotropium gracile R.Br.
• Heliotropium kunzii Lehm.
• Heliotropium niloticum DC.
• Heliotropium obovatum D.Don
• Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk.
• Heliotropium ovalifolium var. gracile (R.Br.) Domin
• Heliotropium phyllosepalum Baker
• Heliotropium polystachyum Poir.
• Heliotropium sienites DC.
• Heliotropium syenites Spreng.
• Heliotropium tomentosum Poir.
• Heliotropium villosum Sieber ex DC.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe, Uganda Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Pakistan Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Socotra, Yemen Regional: Western Asia Palestine, Turkey Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar Introduced into: Chagos Archipelago, Ogasawara-shoto References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Diane, N & Hilger, H.H. 2003. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 125: 48

Additional references

• Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Euploca ovalifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Euploca ovalifolia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Euploca ovalifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

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