Chamisso, L.K.A. von (1829), De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana observatis. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 4: 458 [tax. nov.]

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1845), Borragineae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 9: 551 [basionym]

basionym of: Heliophytum (Cham.) A.DC. legitimate

Johnston, I.M. (1928), I. Studies in the Boraginaceae - VII. Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 81: 21 [secondary reference]

• Type: Heliotropium anchusaefolium Poir.

Craven, L.A. (13 September 1996), A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 9(4): 546 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Heliophytum (Cham.) A.DC. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Heliotropium L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Heliotropium L. legitimate

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