Heliotropium indicum

Heliotropium indicum

Heliotropium indicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Heliotropioideae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species: Heliotropium indicum

Name

Heliotropium indicum L., 1753

Synonyms

• Eliopia riparia Raf.
• Eliopia serrata Raf.
• Heliophytum foetidum DC.
• Heliophytum indicum (L.) DC.
• Heliophytum velutinum DC.
• Heliotropium africanum Schumach. & Thonn.
• Heliotropium anisophyllum P.Beauv.
• Heliotropium cordifolium Moench
• Heliotropium foetidum Salisb.
• Heliotropium horminifolium Mill.
• Heliotropium lanceolatum Noronha
• Heliotropium parviflorum Blanco
• Tiaridium anisophyllum G.Don
• Tiaridium indicum (L.) Lehm.
• Tiaridium indicum var. mexicanum M.Martens & Galeotti
• Tiaridium velutinum Lehm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Introduced into: Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Ivory Coast, Kentucky, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 139.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Heliotropium indicum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Heliotropium indicum. Published online. Accessed: Oct 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Heliotropium indicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 14.
• Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heliotropium indicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Indian heliotrope, turnsole,
español: alacrancillo
português: aguará, borragem-brava, erva-de-São-Fiacre,
中文: 大尾摇

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