Boraginaceae

Heliotropium Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 130 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manitoba, Marcus I., Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, South European Russia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

St.Helena

Introduced into:

Caprivi Strip, Central European Russia, Congo, District of Columbia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Illinois, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Kentucky, Liberia, Marquesas, Massachusetts, Nepal, New York, Ohio, Sierra Leone, Tennessee, Togo, West Virginia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 28.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 63 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 130 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 63 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 130 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1998 Szovits, A.J. [s.n.] Armenia K000998159 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Schweinfurth, G. [2111] Sudan K000418785 Isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1987 Steenis, C.G.G.J.van [4686] Indonesia K000998251 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1987 Steenis, C.G.G.J.van [4684] Indonesia K000998252 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1987 Steenis, C.G.G.J.van [4684] Brunei K000998250 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Lawton, R.M. [2405] Oman K001589448 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Stewart, R.R. [26196] Pakistan K000998245 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Dinter [6859] K000418741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Dinter [6859] K000418740 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1927 Trail, J.W.H. [571] Brazil K000096815 Yes
Jan 1, 1927 Gardner [2685] Brazil K000583575 Type Yes
Peter, A. [45704] Tanzania K001581960 Yes
Lord, J.K. [s.n.] K001553526 Yes
Lavranos, J.J. [4268] Yemen K001516983 Yes
Fernandez, J. [515] Oman K001516997 Yes
Dickson, H.V. [373] Saudi Arabia K001516998 Yes
Rauh, W. [13255] K001553502 Yes
Davis, P.H. [10371] Egypt K001553511 Yes
Davis, P.H. [8251] Egypt K001553513 Yes
Pastore, J.F.B. ; Mascarenhas, R.B. ; Moreira, P.R. [3701] Brazil K001553026 Yes
Peter, A. [s.n.] Tanzania K001560318 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2112] Yemen K001590497 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5587] Saudi Arabia K001590496 Yes
Good, R. [226] Bahrain K001590511 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2207] Saudi Arabia K001590509 Yes
Codrai, R. [s.n.] Oman K001590508 Yes
Good, R. [225] Bahrain K001590512 Yes
Henry, P.W.T. [PWTH 35/76] Yemen K001590514 Yes
Schimper, W. [847] K001590513 Yes
Acres [7] Yemen K001590515 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Guarino, L.; Obadi, N.; Hassan, M.; Mohammed, N. [M. 8033] Yemen K001590516 Yes
Guest, E.R. [s.n.] United Arab Emirates K001590517 Yes
Acres [s.n.] K001590507 Yes
Kasasian, L. [s.n.] Yemen K001590506 Yes
Lumley, P.W. [35] United Arab Emirates K001590505 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2178] Yemen K001590504 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1495] Yemen K001590503 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [6244] Yemen K001590502 Yes
Dickson [1120] Kuwait K001590527 Yes
Willcox, C. [220] United Arab Emirates K001590529 Yes
Stobbs, G. [41] Bahrain K001590533 Yes
Stobbs, G. [207] K001590532 Yes
Magallagher [38] Bahrain K001590531 Yes
Peter, A. [44382] Tanzania K001572306 Yes
Peter, A. [42809] Tanzania K001572302 Yes
Peter, A. [42778] Tanzania K001572313 Yes
Peter, A. [43769] Tanzania K001572315 Yes
Peter, A. [42866] Tanzania K001572295 Yes
Peter, A. [42582] Tanzania K001572293 Yes
Peter, A. [43769] Tanzania K001572325 Yes
Kilian, N.; Hein, P. [YP260] Yemen K001765372 Yes
Kilian, N.; Hein, P.; Rabe, K.; Hohlstein, G.; Bolz, F. [YP3274] Yemen K001581497 Yes
Peter, A. [52333] Tanzania K001560342 Yes
Peter, A. [52347] Tanzania K001560339 Yes
Peter, A. [52320] Tanzania K001560340 Yes
Peter, A. [52308] Tanzania K001560349 Yes
Peter, A. [44420] Tanzania K001581979 Yes
Peter, A. [44972] Tanzania K001581968 Yes
Peter, A. [44467] Tanzania K001581965 Yes
Peter, A. [44529] Tanzania K001581964 Yes
Good,R. [227] Bahrain K001590520 Yes
Baker, C.W. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K001590522 Yes
Good, R. [228] Bahrain K001590519 Yes
Good, R. [229] Bahrain K001590518 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [9446] Saudi Arabia K001590523 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [139] K001590521 Yes
Phillips, C. [126] Bahrain K001590526 Yes
Codrai, R. [s.n.] Qatar K001590525 Yes
Stobbs, G. [19] Bahrain K001590534 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K001589732 Yes
s.n. [84] Saudi Arabia K001590485 Yes
[Tifiher], S. [16] Saudi Arabia K001590486 Yes
Smith, D.A.S. [s.n.] Oman K001590475 Yes
Ling, D. [13] K001590478 Yes
Miller, A.G. [6351] Oman K001590445 Yes
Fischer, S. [58] Saudi Arabia K001589446 Yes
Delprete, P.G. [9005] Brazil K005625031 Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States K000998349 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [481] United States K000998341 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peter, G.A. [33292] Tanzania K005448800 Yes
Rugel, F.I.X. [s.n.] United States K000998338 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bridges [1342] Chile K000583551 Type Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10795] Brazil K005625045 Yes
Rakotoarivelo et al. [397] Madagascar K000662397 No
Lughadha, E.N.; França, F.; Gasson, P.; Harley, R. [PCD5994] Brazil K005625038 Yes
Arrais, M.G.; Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Longhi-Wagner, H.M.; Lewis, G.P.; Stannard, B. [SPF36324] Brazil K005625037 Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States K000998350 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [3360] Brazil K000096792 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10833] Brazil K005625027 Yes
Orlandi, R.P. [475] Brazil K005625035 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13033] Brazil K000096820 No
Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Guedes, M.L.; B.Stannard [PCD5242] Brazil K005625042 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2091] K001115100 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9885] Cameroon K000029807 No
Burchell [65] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K000418759 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Fokkink, M.; Viscarra, J. [1265] Bolivia K000295083 No
Bautista, H.P.; D.J.N.Hind; Harley, R.M.; Roque, N. [PCD4376] Brazil K005625022 Yes
unknown [181] Yemen K000418777 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tolmie, W.F. [s.n.] United States K000998352 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Lopez, R.; Rodriguez, N. [1216] Bolivia K000295063 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [2684] Brazil K000096797 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2091] K001115101 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B [1883] K001134343 No
Wurdack, K.J.; Perry, C.; Joseph, E.; Redden, K.M.; Ragnauth, P. [4784] Guyana K005625007 Yes
Berlandier, J.L. [2403] United States K000998339 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001134336 No
Pickersgill, B.; Barrett, S.C.H.; Hill, R.A.; Stilwell, M.R. [RU72-86] Brazil K005625009 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001134344 No
Heringer, E.P. [14331] Brazil K005625015 Yes
Giulietti, A.M.; R.M.Harley; Ramos, F. [2206] Brazil K005625044 Yes
Gardner [3358] Brazil K000096811 Yes
s.coll. [1588] Brazil K000583568 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walmor N. da Fonseca [382] Brazil K005625016 Yes
Furlan, A.; Cordeiro, I.; Pirani, J.R.; de Menezes, N.L. [SPF17948] Brazil K005625008 Yes
Heckman, C. [s.n.] Brazil K005625032 Yes
Orlandi, R.P. [475] Brazil K005625034 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20313] Mexico K001930690 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Brummitt, N.A. [20313] Mexico K001930691 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000418743 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rakotoarisoa, S.E.; Andriamahay, M. [386] Madagascar K000664899 No
Onjalalaina, G.E.; Vorontsova, M.; Besnard, G.; Nanjarisoa, O.P.; Razanatsoa, J. [OLG 357] Madagascar K000953867 Yes
Virgo, K.J. [564] Yemen K001639736 Yes
Rabarivola, M.L.; Rakotoarisoa, S.E.; Rajaonarison, R.; Peckering, T.E.; Nanjarisoa, O.P. [RML 540] Madagascar K001036104 Yes
Craven, L.A.; Pfiel, B.E. [10332] Australia K001925105 No
Lavranos, J.; Mies; et al. [31446] Yemen K001870952 No
Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States K000998348 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Avendaño R., R. [2017] Mexico K000266001 No
Moseley [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001134333 No
Semenov [s.n.] K000998206 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1239] Bolivia K000295261 No
Hassler, E. [4940] Brazil K000096796 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000096798 Type Yes
Schimper, W. [726] Egypt K000418815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [7958] Brazil K000096810 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [8312] Brazil K005625046 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Filho, J.F.; dos Santos, J.B.; de Oliveira, N.R.; Pais, N.O. [R7028] Brazil K005625014 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1479] Bolivia K000295367 No
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000583578 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maude, A.H. [H331] K001134342 No
Bautista, H.P. [398] Brazil K005625030 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Sano, P.T.; Atkins, S.; Souza, V.C. [CFCR14236] Brazil K005625013 Yes
Arouck Ferreira, J.D.C. [105] Brazil K005625033 Yes
Hassler, E. [10992] Paraguay K000583572 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cardoso, J. [187] Cabo Verde K001134341 No
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Lima, C.; Silva, C.; Machado, R.F. [56482] Brazil K005625019 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10289] Brazil K005625029 Yes
Stapf, O. [1378] K000998190 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berlandier, J.L. [3187] United States K000998340 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10426] Brazil K005625028 Yes
Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Roque, N. [4376] Brazil K005625023 Yes
Hassler, E. [7980] Paraguay K000583569 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [2477] Paraguay K005625026 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R. [11035] Brazil K000096813 Yes
Luke, Q.; Luke, P.; Dodds, M.; Dodds, A. [13976] Kenya K005448799 Yes
Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Santos, T.R.; Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.; Atkins, S. [PCD5765] Brazil K005625040 Yes
Rico, L.; UMSS students [1550] Bolivia K000295289 No
Melo, E.; França, F. [414] Brazil K005625021 Yes
Plowman, T. [5426] Peru K:SPC-44863.000 No
Kuntze, O. [s.n.] South Africa K000418738 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regnell, A.F. [912] Brazil K000096793 Yes
Tweedie Brazil K000196297 Yes
Martii [277] Brazil K000096809 Isotype Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Eiten, G. [14189] Brazil K005625012 Yes
Wright, C. [3140] Cuba K000583591 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hassler, E. [5300] Brazil K000096799 Yes
Blanchet [3402] Brazil K000096800 Type Yes
Lowe, R.T. [31] Cabo Verde K001134334 No
Foster [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001134345 Yes
R.Harley; Guedes, M.L.; B.Stannard; Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Passos, L. [PCD5121] Brazil K005625041 Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States K000998351 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Schinini, A.; Silva, J.M. [58789] Brazil K005625010 Yes
Peter, G.A. [33343] Tanzania K005448801 Yes
[1589] Brazil K000096802 Yes
Gardner [4295] Brazil K000096801 Type Yes
Griffith, W. [5930] Afghanistan K000998166 Isotype Yes
Guedes, M.L.; Paraguassu, L.A.A.; Argolo, A.; Santos, E.S.; Hudson, A.; Pereira, M.; Andrade, F. [PCD1964] Brazil K005625043 Yes
Gardner [3359] Brazil K000096784 Yes
Hatschbach, G.; Hatschbach, M.; Silva, J.M. [59876] Brazil K005625011 Yes
MacGillvray, J. [130] Cabo Verde K001134337 No
Gardner [2426] Brazil K000096789 Yes
Dinter [7486] K000418739 Type Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonca, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [6081] Brazil K005625036 Yes
Hassler, E. [5617] Paraguay K000583570 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [16522] Kenya K005448798 Yes
Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Guedes, M.L. [PCD5199] Brazil K005625025 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Pearson, H.P.N. [1146] Brazil K005625017 Yes
Hassler, E. [9023] Paraguay K000583618 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; de Carvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [22017] Brazil K005625024 Yes
Sintenis, P. [s.n.] Puerto Rico K000583594 Unknown Type Material Yes
B.Stannard; Passos, L.; R.Harley; Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Guedes, M.L. [PCD5536] Brazil K005625039 Yes
Welwitsch [5470] Cabo Verde K001134335 No
Bové, N. [86] Egypt K000418813 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bové, N. [86] Egypt K000418814 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000418742 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [2260] Brazil K000096790 Yes
Gardner [2260] Brazil K000096791 Yes
Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; de Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [6107] Brazil K005625018 Yes
Pastore, J.F.B.; Harley, R.M. [2606] Brazil K005625020 Yes

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