Boraginaceae
Heliotropium

Heliotropium longiflorum (A.DC.) Jaub. & Spach

First published in Ill. Pl. Orient. 4: 96 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to N. Uganda, Arabian Peninsula. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Boraginaceae: 1-124.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. & Wright, Flora of Tropical Africa 4(2): 41 (1905).
  • Blatter in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8: 310 (1921).
  • Bunge in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 42: 304 (1869).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 774 (1962).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 87(1956).
  • Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. 4: 96, t. 360 (1852).
  • Schwartz in Mitt. Inst. Bot. Hamb. 10: 209 (1939).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Smith, D.A.S. [s.n.] Oman K001577815 Yes
Aug 4, 1987 Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [16824] Yemen K001577795 Yes
Aug 3, 1987 Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [16713b] Yemen K001577796 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Jennings [23] Yemen K001577790 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Hepper, F.N. [5689] Yemen K001577808 Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Schimper, W. [842] Saudi Arabia K000658977 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1950 Schimper, W. [842] Saudi Arabia K000658976 Type Yes
Botta [s.n.] Yemen K001577810 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K001590479 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5315] Oman K001577809 Yes
Simonds, [S.]; Trott, A.C. [28] Saudi Arabia K001577807 Yes
Lunt, W. [125] Saudi Arabia K001577813 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Long, D.G. [3310] Yemen K001577816 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2556] Oman K001577794 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [5122] Oman K001577800 Yes
Bisset, E. [77] Yemen K001577801 Yes
Maconochie, J.P. [3504] Oman K001577786 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2299] Oman K001577787 Yes
Virgo, K.J. [211] Oman K001577785 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1235] Saudi Arabia K001577789 Yes
Gillespie, L. [96] Yemen K001577791 Yes
Deflers, M. Saudi Arabia K001577812 Yes
Thulin, M. [11458] Oman K001577814 Yes
Acres [286] Yemen K001577798 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Lȧngström [8129] Yemen K001577803 Yes
Maxwell Darling, R.C. [168] Yemen K001577806 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3418] Yemen K001577793 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [8760] Saudi Arabia K001590474 Yes
Deflers, M. [370] Yemen K001577811 Yes
[1557] K001590481 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4562] Yemen K001590482 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2503] Oman K001590483 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2145] Oman K001590484 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2477] Oman K001590473 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. Dr. [82] Saudi Arabia K001577817 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [172] Yemen K001577818 Yes
Miller, A.G. [323] Yemen K001577797 Yes
Acres [127] Yemen K001577799 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [164] K001577819 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [163] K001577821 Yes
Tifiher, S. [2] K001590480 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1072] Saudi Arabia K001577788 Yes
Bisset, E. [102a] Yemen K001577802 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Lȧngström [8086] Yemen K001577804 Yes
Acres [LU 22/30] Yemen K001577792 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1563] Saudi Arabia K001577822 Yes
Zohrab, J. [236] Saudi Arabia K001577820 Yes
Hein, P.; Kilian, N.; Smalla, M. [3896] Yemen K001572324 Yes
[Fischer, J.] [s.n.] Heliophytum longiflorum K001577805 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0