Heliotropium supinum

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Heliotropium supinum L., Sp. Pl.: 130 (1753).

Homotypic
- Piptoclaina supina (L.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 364 (1837).
Heterotypic
- Lithospermum heliotropoides Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 39 (1775).
  - Heliotropium heliotropioides Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 39 (1775).
- Heliotropium malabaricum Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 24 (1786).
  - Piptoclaina malabarica (Retz.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 364 (1837).
  - Heliotropium supinum var. malabaricum (Retz.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 49 (1885).
- Heliotropium lineatum Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 13 (1790), nom. superfl.
  - Scorpianthes lineatum Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 89 (1838), nom. superfl.
- Heliotropium capense Thunb., Fl. Cap. 1: 248 (1811).
- Heliotropium hirsutum E.D.Clarke, Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 2: 451 (1812).
- Heliotropium capense Sw. ex Lehm., Neue Schriften Naturf. Ges. Halle 3(2): 13 (1817).
- Heliotropium ambiguum DC., Prodr. 9: 533 (1845).
- Heliotropium coromandelianum Raddi ex DC., Prodr. 9: 533 (1845).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Hungary.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, Northern Provinces.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Pennsylvania (introduced).

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Heliotropium supinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Heliotropium supinum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Heliotropium supinum. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Heliotropium supinum. Accessed: 27 Oct 2023.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Heliotropium supinum. Accessed: 2023 Oct 27.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Heliotropium supinum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 27.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heliotropium supinum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: dwarf heliotrope
magyar: Henye kunkor

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