Boraginaceae
Heliotropium

Heliotropium bacciferum Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 38 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Africa to NW. India, Comoros, SW. Madagascar. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Burkina, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Yemen

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ali, S.I. & Nasir, Y.J. (1989). Flora of West Pakistan 191: 1-200.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Miller, J.S. & al. (2021). Flora of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands : Boraginales, Olacaceae and allies, Apiaceae. Collection: Faune et Flore Tropicales: 1-448. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris; IRD, Marseille.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Riedl, H. (1967). Flora Iranica 48: 1-281. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Fl. Aegypt.-Arab., Descr. Pl. 38 (1775).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Miller, J.S. & al. (2021). Flora of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands : Boraginales, Olacaceae and allies, Apiaceae. Collection: Faune et Flore Tropicales: 1-448. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris; IRD, Marseille.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Riedl, H. (1967). Flora Iranica 48: 1-281. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 4, 2006 Abulaila, K.; Tehabshem, Z. [2005JOR6-1] Jordan K001590580 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Schweinfurth, G. [2117] Egypt K001590563 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Parlatni [s.n.] Egypt K001590554 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Boulos, L. [11135] Qatar K001590579 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3710] Oman K001590562 Yes
Hadidi et al. [s.n.] Egypt K001590555 Yes
Miller, A.G. [5] Yemen K001590565 Yes
Madgwick, F.J. [17] Yemen K001590566 Yes
Dickson, V. [1006] Saudi Arabia K001590578 Yes
Naguib, M.I. [2] Bahrain K001590567 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3390] Yemen K001590544 Yes
White, R.J. [57] Saudi Arabia K001590550 Yes
Rauh, W.; Lavranos, J. [13196A] Saudi Arabia K001590581 Yes
Muschler, R. Egypt K001766947 Yes
Heller, T.M.; Borosova, R.; El-Keblawy, A. [TMH162] United Arab Emirates K001589735 Yes
[Tvou], A.C. [1614] Saudi Arabia K001590573 Yes
Morwood Leyland [B5] Saudi Arabia K001590576 Yes
Miller, A.G. [230] Yemen K001590574 Yes
Good, R. [231] Bahrain K001590575 Yes
Wilcox, C. [40] Saudi Arabia K001590552 Yes
White, R.J. [96] Saudi Arabia K001590549 Yes
Moreau, R.E. [5611] Egypt K001590556 Yes
White, H. [43] K001553505 Yes
White, R.J. [34] Saudi Arabia K001516981 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO 380] United Arab Emirates K001590545 Yes
Boulos, L.; Cope, T.A. [17706] Kuwait K001590546 Yes
Gillman, H. [1008] Saudi Arabia K001590558 Yes
Bisset, E. [94] Yemen K001590559 Yes
Al-Abbasi, T.; Al-Harbi, R.; Al-Shalhoub, T. [SAU-052] Saudi Arabia K001590561 Yes
Ghazanfar, S.; Osborne, J. [SG 4375] Kuwait K000568326 Yes
Ghazanfar, S.; Osborne, J. [SG 4356] Kuwait K000568307 Yes
Mathew, K.T. [2596] Kuwait K001589738 Yes
Boulos, L.; Cope, T.A. [17669] Kuwait K001589739 Yes
Muschler, R. [s.n.] Egypt K001553503 Yes
York, E.; Borosova, R.; Fawzi, N.; El-Keblawy, A. [EY3] United Arab Emirates K001589734 Yes
Ghazanfar, S.A.; York, E.; El-Keblawy, A.; Guma, W.; Zaabi, A. [SG4247] United Arab Emirates K001589736 Yes
Miller, A.G. [580] Yemen K001590568 Yes
Carpenter, T.; Muharraq, R.A.F. [99] Bahrain K001590572 Yes
Carpenter, T.; Muharraq, R.A.F. [100] Bahrain K001590564 Yes
White, R.J. [88] Saudi Arabia K001590551 Yes
Thulin, Eriksson, Gifri & Långström [8031] Yemen K001590557 Yes
Sanadiki, N. [26] Yemen K001590553 Yes
Bisset, E. [233] Yemen K001590560 Yes
Halwagy, R.M. [579] Kuwait K001590547 Yes
Al-Dosari, M. [1537] Kuwait K001590548 Yes

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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