Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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]
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4
392
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Schleidenia Endl. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
100
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tiaridium Lehm. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (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]
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 (Spach legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Schleidenia (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 (Spach legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (A.DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Schleidenia (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)
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 (Spach legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Schleidenia Endl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia sect. Pittonia (DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliophytum (A.DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Euheliotropium Benth. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium sect. Schleidenia (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
-
[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 (A.DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia sect. Pittonia (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
APC Comment:
Circumscription of Heliotropium in Qld includes Euploca .
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)
