Boraginaceae
Euploca

Euploca polyphylla (Lehm.) J.I.M.Melo & Semir

First published in Kew Bull. 64: 289 (2009)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Bahamas, Venezuela to N. & E. Brazil. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Florida, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Simpson, J.H. [522], Florida Heliotropium polyphyllum var. leavenworthii K000998345 Yes
Garber, A.P. [s.n.], Florida Heliotropium polyphyllum var. leavenworthii K000998346 Yes
Palmer, Elm. [s.n.], Florida Heliotropium polyphyllum var. leavenworthii K000998347 Yes
[Salzmann] [s.n.], Bahia Heliotropium polyphyllum var. blanchetii K000096808 Unknown type material Yes
Blanchet [2651], Brazil Heliotropium polyphyllum var. blanchetii K000096807 isotype Yes
Salzmann [s.n.], Bahia Heliotropium polyphyllum var. blanchetii K000632555 Yes

Sources

  • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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