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Heliotropium (heliotrope)

Angiospermae - Boraginales - Boraginaceae

Taxonomy
Heliotropium was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Heliotropium europaeum.

It was assigned to Boraginaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).

Species
H. curassavicum, H. europaeum (type species), H. indicum, H. orientale, H. supinum
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. steudneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Heliotropium Linnaeus
1976Heliotropium Lakhanpal et al.
1991Heliotropium Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderBoraginales
familyBoraginaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusHeliotropium

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Heliotropium Linnaeus 1753 [heliotrope]
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Heliotropium europaeum Linnaeus 1753
Heliotropium indicum Linnaeus 1753
Heliotropium orientale Linnaeus 1753
Heliotropium supinum Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available