Boraginaceae
Heliotropium

Heliotropium zeylanicum (Burm.f.) Lam.

First published in Encycl. 3: 94 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Mayotte, India, Sri Lanka. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Launert, E. & Pope, G.V. (eds.) (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 7(4): 1-114. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Riedl, H. (1967). Flora Iranica 48: 1-281. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ali, S.I. & Nasir, Y.J. (1989). Flora of West Pakistan 191: 1-200.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544.
  • Launert, E. & Pope, G.V. (eds.) (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 7(4): 1-114. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Taton, A. (1971). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Boraginaceae: 1-82. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. & Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 4(2): 31 (1905).
  • C.B.Cl. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 148 (1883).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 778 (1962).
  • De Wild. & Staner, Contr. Fl. Katanga, Suppl. 4: 86 (1932).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 82 (1956).
  • Gürke in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 336 (1895).
  • Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 720 (1898).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 199 (1931).
  • Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 3: 94 (1789).
  • Martins in Flora Zambesiaca 7(4): 89, t. 26/4 (1990).
  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 44: 166 (1989).
  • Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 3: 8, t. 892 (1843).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Astle, W.L. [924] Zambia K005448828 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [2456KBS] Zambia K005448823 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [29] Zambia K005448836 Yes
Wild, H. [3447] Zimbabwe K005448845 Yes
Kornas, J. [621] Zambia K005448826 Yes
Plaizier, A.C. [1258] Kenya K001569916 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2078] Botswana K001590873 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2078] Botswana K001590875 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2078] Botswana K001590874 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Långström [8446] Yemen K001766926 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1262] Iran K001766928 Yes
Collenette, I. S. [9252] Saudi Arabia K001766929 Yes
Collenette, I. S. [1718] Saudi Arabia K001766930 Yes
Gairdner, A.E. (Miss) [570] Zambia K005448838 Yes
Whellan, A.J. [234] Zimbabwe K005448846 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8742] Zambia K005448833 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [26132] Zambia K005448837 Yes
Chase, N.C. [8289] Zimbabwe K005448849 Yes
Chase, N.C. [2312] Zimbabwe K005448844 Yes
Obermeyer, A.A. [2463] Zimbabwe K005448842 Yes
Brain, C.K. [7317] Zimbabwe K005448824 Yes
Muller, T. [349] Zimbabwe K005448843 Yes
Chase, N.C. [8289] Zimbabwe K005448847 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [6037] Zambia K005448825 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3926] Zambia K005448834 Yes
Soane, C. [229] Zimbabwe K005448851 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5450] Zimbabwe K005448853 Yes
White, F. [7673] Zambia K005448835 Yes
Phipps, J.B.; Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [3040] Zambia K005448830 Yes
Goodier, R. [586] Zimbabwe K005448854 Yes
[Y. Chongo] [4] Zambia K005448831 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5751] Zambia K005448827 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [7601] Zimbabwe K005448848 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [191] Zimbabwe K005448852 Yes
Angus, A. [2923] Zambia K005448829 Yes
Astle, W.L. [924] Zambia K005448832 Yes
Norlindh, N.T.; Weimarck, H. [4331] Zimbabwe K005448850 Yes
Jul 1, 1843 Schimper [1285] Ethiopia Heliotropium subulatum K000418806 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 1, 1843 Schimper [1285] Ethiopia Heliotropium subulatum K000418804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [28100] Mozambique Heliotropium subulatum K005448806 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [683] Botswana Heliotropium subulatum K005448855 Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India Heliotropium subulatum K000998207 Type Yes
Phillips, E. [960A] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448857 Yes
Chase, N.C. [5365] Zimbabwe Heliotropium subulatum K005448840 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448816 Yes
Pawek [4903] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448819 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Heliotropium subulatum K000418805 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tawakali, E.J.; Patel, I.H. [139] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448856 Yes
Pedro; Pedrogão [1241] Mozambique Heliotropium subulatum K005448804 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448812 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1941] Mozambique Heliotropium subulatum K005448802 Yes
Miller, A. G. [299] Yemen Heliotropium subulatum K001766916 Yes
Collenette, I. S. [551] Saudi Arabia Heliotropium subulatum K001766917 Yes
Lunz, L. [16] Saudi Arabia Heliotropium subulatum K001766918 Yes
Ehrenberg, C. G. Saudi Arabia Heliotropium subulatum K001766919 Yes
Miller, A. G. [219] Yemen Heliotropium subulatum K001766922 Yes
Miller, A. G. [60] Yemen Heliotropium subulatum K001766920 Yes
Miller, A. G. [502] Yemen Heliotropium subulatum K001766921 Yes
Maxwell Darling, R. L. [176] Yemen Heliotropium subulatum K001766927 Yes
Jacobsen, N. [266] Zimbabwe Heliotropium subulatum K005448841 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; de Lemos, F. [8166] Mozambique Heliotropium subulatum K005448805 Yes
Ash [343] Ethiopia Heliotropium subulatum K:SPC-06049.375 No
Jackson, G. [892] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448811 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448815 Yes
Smuts, J.C. [P362] Mozambique Heliotropium subulatum K005448803 Yes
Agnew, S. [672] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448808 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12150] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448810 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8788] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448809 Yes
Baum, H. [[182]] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448817 Yes
Lawrence, E. [477] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448820 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.J. [s.n.] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448818 Yes
Muller, T. [238] Zimbabwe Heliotropium subulatum K005448839 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1147] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448821 Yes
Kotschy [163] Sudan Heliotropium subulatum K000418807 Type Yes
[M. F. Carreia]; Farques, A. [2988] Mozambique Heliotropium subulatum K005448807 Yes
Welwitsch [5420] Angola Heliotropium subulatum K000418767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1195] Zambia Heliotropium subulatum K005448822 Yes
Buchanan, J. [1004] Malawi Heliotropium subulatum K005448814 Yes

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