Boraginaceae Juss.
Heliotropium L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1]:
130
[tax. nov.]
[Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5]:
63
[secondary reference]
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
492
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
100
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tiaridium Lehm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (Cham.) A.DC.
legitimate
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
240
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
346
[secondary reference]
[Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3]:
73
[secondary reference]
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Type:
Heliotropium europaeum L.
[Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3]:
472
[secondary reference]
common name:
Heliotrope
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"Greco-Latin name "turning to the sun," applied by the ancients to more than one genus of plants whose flowers were supposed to follow the sun."
[Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4]:
710
[secondary reference]
common name:
Heliotrope
[n/a]
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
398
[secondary reference]
[Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory]:
306
[secondary reference]
[Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants]:
919
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
90
[secondary reference]
[Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Boraginaceae (except Halgania). Flora of Central Australia]:
290
[secondary reference]
[Crisp, M.D. (9 May 1983), Notonerium (Apocynaceae) laid to rest in the Boraginaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 6(2)]:
191
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Notonerium Benth.
legitimate
[Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Boraginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2]:
359
[secondary reference]
[Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Boraginaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1]:
548
[secondary reference]
[Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera]:
107
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cochranea Miers
legitimate
[Craven, L.A. & Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Boraginaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
770-773
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Boraginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3]:
396-399
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Boraginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3]:
396
[secondary reference]
[Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Boraginaceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
358
[secondary reference]
[Craven, L.A. (13 September 1996), A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 9(4)]:
532-533
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium II Orthostachys R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Orthostachys (R.Br.) Spach
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Schleidenia (Endl.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Notonerium Benth.
legitimate
[Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Boraginaceae. Flora of Victoria 4]:
390
[secondary reference]
[Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Boraginaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia]:
140
[secondary reference]
[Craven, L.A. (2005), Malesian and Australian Tournefortia transferred to Heliotropium and notes on delimitation of Boraginaceae. Blumea 50(2)]:
378
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia L.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Argusia Boehm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Messerschmidia Hebenstr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium II Orthostachys R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tiaridium Lehm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Piptoclainia G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Euploca Nutt.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Orthostachys (R.Br.) Spach
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (Cham.) A.DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Schleidenia (Endl.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Notonerium Benth.
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI, AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised)
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
397
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Argusia Boehm.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pittonia Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium II Orthostachys R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tiaridium Lehm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Heliophytum Cham.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Piptoclainia G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Euploca Nutt.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Orthostachys (R.Br.) Spach
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Schleidenia Endl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia sect. Pittonia (Mill.) DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (Cham.) A.DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Euheliotropium Benth.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Schleidenia (Endl.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Notonerium Benth.
legitimate
-
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI, AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised)
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pittonia Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tiaridium Lehm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Heliophytum Cham.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Piptoclainia G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (Cham.) A.DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia sect. Pittonia (Mill.) DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Euheliotropium Benth.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Pterotropium F.Muell.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Notonerium Benth.
legitimate
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APC Comment:
Circumscription of Heliotropium in Qld includes Euploca.
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APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised)