Heliotropium ramosissimum

Heliotropium ramosissimum

Heliotropium ramosissimum

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: Heliotropium
Species: Heliotropium ramosissimum

Name

Heliotropium ramosissimum (Lehem.) DC., 1845

Synonyms

• Heliophytum kotschyi Bunge
• Heliotropium affghanum Boiss.
• Heliotropium assyricum Aucher ex DC.
• Heliotropium balansae Riedl
• Heliotropium eriocarpum Schimp. ex DC.
• Heliotropium moroccanum G.Don
• Heliotropium persicum Lam.
• Heliotropium sarothroclados Bornm.
• Heliotropium turcomanicum Popov & Korovin
• Heliotropium undulatum var. ramosissimum Lehm.
• Lithospermum hispidum Forssk.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Afghanistan Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Sinai, Turkmenistan Continental: Africa Regional: Middle Africa Burkina, Chad, Niger, Senegal Regional: Macaronesia Canary Is., Cape Verde Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Sudan Regional: Northern America Egypt, Libya, Mauritania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. (†) 1845. Ordo CXXXIX. Borragineae. Pp. 466–559, 565–566 in De Candolle, A. (ed.), Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 9, Sistens Corolliflorarum ordines IX. Sumptibus Fortin, Masson et Sociorum, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 9: 536

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Heliotropium ramosissimum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Heliotropium ramosissimum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 15 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Heliotropium ramosissimum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names

English: wavy heliotrope

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