Heliotropium messerschmidioides Kuntze
First published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 438 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands. It is a Shrub and grows primarly in the Subtropical biome(s).
Distribution
Native to:
Canary Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Ceballosia fruticosa (L.f.) G.Kunkel ex Förther, Sendtnera 5: 130 (1998)
- Messerschmidia fruticosa L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 132 (1782)
- Tournefortia fruticosa (L.f.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 6: t. 464 (1820), nom. illeg.
- Tournefortia messerschmidia Sweet, Hort. Bot. Vindob.: 31 (1818)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Ceballosia fruticosa var. angustifolia (Lam.) G.Kunkel ex Förther, Sendtnera 5: 130 (1998)
- Heliotropium messerschmidioides var. angustifolium (Lam.) G.Kunkel, Monogr. Biol. Canar. 3: 61 (1972)
- Messerschmidia angustifolia Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 415 (1792)
- Messerschmidia floribunda Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 112 (1796)
- Messerschmidia fruticosa f. angustifolia (Lam.) Kunkel, Cuad. Bot. Canaria 5: 48 (1969)
- Tournefortia angustifolia (Lam.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 539 (1819)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
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