Heliotropium ciliatum

Heliotropium ciliatum

Taxonavigation edit

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: Heliotropium
Species: Heliotropium ciliatum

Name edit

Heliotropium ciliatum D.Kaplan, Ann. Transvaal Mus. 12: 187 (1927).

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Tournefortia tuberculosa Cham., Linnaea 4: 467 (1829).
      • Heliotropium tuberculosum (Cham.) Gürke in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 94 (1893).
    • Heliotropium pustulatum D.Kaplan, Ann. Transvaal Mus. 12: 187 (1927).
    • Heliotropium gibbosum Friedr.-Holzh., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 616 (1960).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Kaplan, D. 1927. Descriptions of some apparently new species of Heliotropium in the Transvaal Museum Herbarium. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 12: 187–189.

Additional references edit

  • Förther, H. 1998. Die infragenerische Gliederung der Gattung Heliotropium L. und ihre Stellung innerhalb der subfam. Heliotropioideae (Schrad.) Am. (Boraginaceae). Sendtnera 5: 35–241. BHL PDF Reference page

Links edit

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