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Heliotropium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 130 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000017267.

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Synonyms of Heliotropium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Beruniella Zak & Nabiev Opred. Rast. Srednei Azii 8: 169. 1986. wfo-4000004521
Bourjotia Pomel Nouv. Mate}r. Fl. Atl. 89. 1874. wfo-4000005133
Bucanion Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24(I): 568 (1851) wfo-4000005636
Ceballosia H.Förther Sendtnera 5: 129 (1998). wfo-4000007098
Cochranea Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. , ser. 4, 2: 125 (1868) wfo-4000008753
Dialion Raf. Sylva Tellur. 89. 1838. wfo-4000011282
Eliopia Raf. Sylva Tellur. 90. 1838. wfo-4000013212
Notonerium Benth. Gen. Pl. 2: 698. 1876. wfo-4000026330
Parabouchetia Baill. Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 9[3]: 357, adnot. 8 (1888). wfo-4000027972
Pentacarya DC. ex Meisn. Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 279. wfo-4000028554
Piptoclaina G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 308, 364. 1837. wfo-4000029831
Pittonia Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000029919
Schobera Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. 158. 1777. wfo-4000034521
Scorpianthes Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 89 (1838) wfo-4000034823
Synzistachium Raf. Sylva Tellur. 89. 1838. wfo-4000037343
Tetrandra Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 928. 1858. wfo-4000037937
Valentina Speg. Nov. Add. Fl. Patag. ii. (1902), repr. 35 () wfo-4000039949

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Heliotropium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium adenense Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 35: 728 (1905) wfo-0000718361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium album (Splitg. ex de Vriese) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2019-63: 1. 2019 wfo-1200009157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium album St.-Lag. Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 614 (1889) wfo-0000718373
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium ambiguum DC. Prodr. 9: 533 (1845) wfo-0000718377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium amboinense DC. Prodr. 9: 537 (1845) wfo-0000718378
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium andradelimae (J.I.M.Melo) Govaerts Skvortsovia 4(3): 91. 2018 wfo-1000004711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium antioquianum J.I.M.Melo Phytotaxa 568(1): 93. 2022 wfo-1000040973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium applanatum Craven Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(4): 564 (1996), homonym;. wfo-0000718394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium arbainense G.Don Gen. Hist. iv. 361, sphalm. , as 'ambainense' wfo-0001349826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium arborescens var. genuinum I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 40. 1928 wfo-0001392614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium arenarium F.Muell. Fragm. 6: 116 (1868) wfo-0000718398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium arenarium Vatke Linnaea 43(5-6): 319. 1882 [Feb 1882] wfo-0000718399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium bacciferum ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 551. 1845 [1 Jan 1845] wfo-0001349830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium bacciferum subsp. erosum (Lehmann) Riedl Linzer Biol. Beitr. 17(2): 299 (1985). wfo-0001369009
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium barbadense L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 84 (1912), nomen. wfo-0001349832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium bracteatum var. bracteatum – – wfo-0001392248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium brevilobatum (K.Krause) J.I.M.Melo Phytotaxa 568(1): 93. 2022 wfo-1000040974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium canariense Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 5 (1768) wfo-0000718450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium canescens K.Koch Linnaea 19: 21 (1846) wfo-0001327734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium canescens Moench Methodus : 415 (1794) wfo-0001327733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium capense Sw. ex Lehm. Neue Schriften Naturf. Ges. Halle 3(2): 13 (1817) wfo-0001215448
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium capense Thunb. Fl. Cap. 1: 248 (1811) wfo-0001327735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium capitatum Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 4 (1768) wfo-0000718455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium carduchorum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 627 (1849) wfo-0000718457
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium caribaeum (Griseb.) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 1. 2020 wfo-1000022820
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium chenopodiaceum Gay Fl. Chil. [Gay] 4: 458. [1849?] wfo-0001349837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium chenopodiaceum var. ericoideum (Miers) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 121: 244 (1907) wfo-0001371539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium chenopodiaceum var. erioideum Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 121: 244. 1907 wfo-0001392615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium chenopodiaceum var. genuinum I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 29. 1928 wfo-0001392617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium chenopodiaceum var. sclerocarpum Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 121: 244 (1907) wfo-0001371528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium citrifolium Lehm. Pl. Asperif. Nucif. 1: 32. 1818 [Jul-early Sep 1818] wfo-0000718472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium commutatum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 29 (1819) wfo-0000718478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium coromandelianum Raddi ex DC. Prodr. 9: 533 (1845) wfo-0000718491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium corymbosum Reiche Fl. Chile [Reiche] v. 200 (1910). wfo-0001349843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium corymbosum Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 121: 242. 1907 wfo-0001350258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium corymbosum var. grisellum (I.M.Johnst.) Luebert Gayana, Bot. 77(2): 118. 2020 wfo-1200007572
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium crassifolium Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 43: 515. 1873 wfo-0000718498
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium cressoides Franch. Sert. Somal. : 46 (1882) wfo-0000718499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium crispulum Gürke Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 96 (1893) wfo-0000718503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium cuspidatum (Kunth) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2019-63: 1. 2019 wfo-1000032410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium demissum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 38, 733. 1819 wfo-0000718515
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium deserti Vatke Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 166 (1875) wfo-0000718520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium dioscoridis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 508 (1897) wfo-0000718527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium dubium R.Br. Voy. Abyss. , App.: Ixii (1814) wfo-0000718535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium earlei (Britton) Greuter, P.A.González & R.Rankin Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 43: 122. 2022 wfo-1000040172
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium ehrenbergii Vatke Z. Naturwiss. 45: 128 (1875) wfo-0000718538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium eichwaldii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 744. 1840 wfo-0000718539
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium ellipticum R.Br. Voy. Abyss. , App.: Ixii (1814) wfo-0001327738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium elongatum (Lehm.) Willd. Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV (Abt. 3a): 96, fig. 39c. 1893 wfo-0001215709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium elongatum Willd. ex Cham. Linnaea 4(4): 452. 1829 [post Oct 1829] wfo-0001349850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium elongatum var. burchellii I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 19 (1928) wfo-0001319529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium elongatum var. elongatum – – wfo-1200097158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium elongatum var. genuinum I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 18 (1928) wfo-0001371532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium erectum Friedr.-Holzh. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München Heft 8, 338 (1953). wfo-0000718552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium erectum Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 281 (1779) wfo-0000718549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium erectum Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 69 (1829) wfo-0000718551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium europaeum Aitch. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 178. 1882 wfo-0001349853
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium europaeum Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 38. 1775 [1 Oct 1775] wfo-0001349851
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium europaeum Pall. Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. 47, nomen. 1795 wfo-0001349852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium filaginoides var. filaginoides – – wfo-0001392301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium filiflorum (Griseb.) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 2. 2020 wfo-1000001196
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium filosum Lehm. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 550, nomen. 1845 [1 Jan 1845] wfo-0001349855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium flavum Griff. Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. : 322 (1848) wfo-0000718575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium floribunda A.DC. – — wfo-0001215157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium floridum Gay Fl. Chil. [Gay] 4: 457. [1849?] wfo-0001349856
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium floridum var. latifolium Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 43: 516 (1873) wfo-0001379664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium foetidissimum (L.) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 2. 2020 wfo-1000022821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium fragrans J.F.Macbr. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 541 (1916) wfo-0000718587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium fruticosum Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 38. 1775 [1 Oct 1775] wfo-0001349858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium fuliginosum (Kunth) J.I.M.Melo Phytotaxa 568(1): 94. 2022 wfo-1000040975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium funkiae Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-12: 1. 2020 wfo-1000022822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gardneri Gürke Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 97 (1894) wfo-0000718598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium geissii Friedrich Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 616 1960 — wfo-0001215917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gibberosum (Urb.) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 2. 2020 wfo-1000022823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gigantifolium (Killip ex J.S.Mill.) J.I.M.Melo Phytotaxa 568(1): 94. 2022 wfo-1000040976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gillianum (Riedl) Kazmi J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 167 (1970) wfo-0001283422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium glabrum (L.) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 2. 2020 wfo-1000022824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium glandulosum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 493 (1810) wfo-0000718605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium glomeratum Terrac Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. (1892) 424,. wfo-0001349861
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gnaphalioides Auct. – wfo-0001349862
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gossei (Benth.) Stapf Hooker's Icon. Pl. 31: t. 3006 (1915) wfo-0000718610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium graminifolium Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 319 (1932) wfo-0000718616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium gymnocarpum Borbás Kozlem. Magyar Tudom. Akad. 14: 405 (1876) wfo-0000718625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium haussknechtii Vatke Z. Naturwiss. 45: 128 (1875) wfo-0000718633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium heteranthum (F.Muell.) Ewart & O.B.Davies Flora of the Northern Territory 1917 wfo-0001349860
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium hildebrandtianum Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 32(Suppl.): 774. 1962 wfo-0000718637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium hirsutum E.D.Clarke Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 2: 451 (1812) wfo-0000718639
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium hispidulum Reiche Fl. Chile [Reiche] v. 201 (1910). wfo-0000718644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Rueangs. & Chantar. PhytoKeys 232: 201 2023 wfo-1000055330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium houstoni DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 549. 1845 [1 Jan 1845] wfo-0000718647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium houstonii DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 549. 1845 [1 Jan 1845] wfo-0001349868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium humile R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 497. 1810 [27 Mar 1810] wfo-0001349869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium humile Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 118 (1796) wfo-0001327746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium incanescens Andrs. ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada ix. (1884) 39, nomen. wfo-0000718656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium intonsum (Kerr) Rueangs. & Chantar. PhytoKeys 232: 204 2023 wfo-1000055331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium inundatum f. elliptica Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5: 483. 1905 wfo-0001323736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium kingii Reiche Fl. Chile [Reiche] v. 196 (1910). wfo-0000718678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium lacunarium F.Muell. Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 20 (1855) wfo-0000718687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium laevigatum (Lam.) Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 2. 2020 wfo-1000022825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Heliotropium lamarckii Feuillet Phytoneuron 2020-11: 2. 2020 wfo-1000022826