7052.000 Heliotropium
Taton, A. (1971) Boraginaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes subshrubby. leaves alternate, rarely subopposite. Cymes spike-like, usually scorpioid, terminal or pseudoaxillary, simple or branched; rarely flowers solitary, supra-axillary. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Corolla salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, white, yellow or blue. Stamens included. Ovary 4-celled, entire or subentire. Style terminal. Fruit dry, usually splitting at maturity into four 1-seeded nutlets, free or cohering in pairs or remaining entire and 1-seeded by abortion. Derivation of name: turning with the sun, heliotropic Worldwide: c. 250 species, tropical and temperate areas Zimbabwe: 8 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| amplexicaule Vahl | W | Description, Image |
| ciliatum Kaplan | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| giessii Friedr.-Holzh. | W,S | |
| harareense E.S.Martins | N,W,C | |
| indicum L. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| steudneri Vatke | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| supinum L. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| zeylanicum (Burm. f.) Lam. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Heliotropium:
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Flora of Botswana: HeliotropiumFlora of Burundi: Heliotropium
Flora of Caprivi: Heliotropium
Flora of the DRC: Heliotropium
Flora of Malawi: Heliotropium
Flora of Mozambique: Heliotropium
Flora of Zambia: Heliotropium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Heliotropium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HeliotropiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Heliotropium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Heliotropium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Heliotropium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Heliotropium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Heliotropium
JSTOR Plant Science: Heliotropium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Heliotropium
Plants of the World Online: Heliotropium
Tropicos: Heliotropium
Wikipedia: Heliotropium