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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Heliotropium

Hierarchical position of the Genus Heliotropium

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Solananae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Solanales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 20. 1829. common name: Polemoniales       Subordo  Boraginineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 192. Mai 1898.       Familia  Boraginaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 128. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Borages       Subfamilia  Heliotropioideae (Schrad.) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 122. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Heliotropieae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 39. 1827.       Genus  Heliotropium L. pub. (1753) common name: heliotrope

Named members of the Genus Heliotropium

1	Species  amplexicaule Vahl common name: clasping heliotrope
2	Species  anchusifolium Poir. syn. Heliotropium amplexicaule
3	Species  angiospermum Murr. common name: scorpion's-tail
4	Species  angustifolium Torr. syn. Heliotropium torreyi
5	Species  anomalum Hook. & Arn.
	6    Varietas  argenteum Gray common name: Polynesian heliotrope
7	Species  antillanum Urban syn. Heliotropium lagoense
8	Species  arborescens L. common name: garden heliotrope, cherry pie heliotrope
9	Species  californicum Greene syn. Heliotropium convolvulaceum var. californicum
10	Species  confertifolium (Torr.) Torr. ex Gray common name: leafy heliotrope
11	Species  convolvulaceum (Nutt.) Gray
	12    Varietas  californicum (Greene) I.M. Johnston common name: phlox heliotrope 13    Varietas  convolvulaceum common name: phlox heliotrope 14    Varietas  racemosum (Rose & Standl.) I.M. Johnston syn. Heliotropium racemosum
15	Species  crispiflorum Urban syn. Heliotropium microphyllum
16	Species  curassavicum L.
	17    Varietas  curassavicum common name: salt heliotrope 18    Varietas  obovatum DC. common name: seaside heliotrope 19    Subspecies  oculatum (Heller) Thorne syn. Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum 20    Varietas  oculatum (Heller) I.M. Johnston common name: seaside heliotrope
21	Species  europaeum L. common name: European heliotrope
22	Species  fruticosum L. common name: Key West heliotrope
23	Species  glabriusculum (Torr.) Gray common name: greeneye heliotrope
24	Species  greggii Torr. common name: fragrant heliotrope
25	Species  guanicense Urban common name: cotorrilla
26	Species  horizontale Small syn. Heliotropium polyphyllum
27	Species  indicum L. common name: Indian heliotrope
28	Species  inundatum Sw. syn. Heliotropium procumbens var. procumbens
29	Species  lagoense (Warm.) Guerke common name: Antilles heliotrope
30	Species  leavenworthii Torr. syn. Heliotropium polyphyllum
31	Species  microphyllum Sw. ex Wikstr. common name: littleleaf heliotrope
32	Species  molle (Torr.) I.M. Johnston common name: soft heliotrope
33	Species  parviflorum L. syn. Heliotropium angiospermum
34	Species  peruvianum L. syn. Heliotropium arborescens
35	Species  phyllostachyum Torr. syn. Heliotropium fruticosum
36	Species  polyphyllum Lehm.
	37    Varietas  horizontale (Small) R.W. Long syn. Heliotropium polyphyllum
38	Species  pringlei B.L. Robins. common name: Pringle's heliotrope
39	Species  procumbens P. Mill.
	40    Varietas  depressum (Cham.) Fosberg common name: fourspike heliotrope 41    Varietas  procumbens common name: fourspike heliotrope
42	Species  racemosum Rose & Standl. common name: coastalplain heliotrope
43	Species  ramosissimum (Lehm.) DC. common name: wavy heliotrope
44	Species  spathulatum Rydb. syn. Heliotropium curassavicum var. obovatum
45	Species  supinum L. common name: dwarf heliotrope
46	Species  tenellum (Nutt.) Torr. common name: pasture heliotrope
47	Species  ternatum Vahl common name: bushy heliotrope
48	Species  texanum I.M. Johnston common name: Texas heliotrope
49	Species  torreyi I.M. Johnston common name: slimleaf heliotrope
50	Species  undulatum Vahl syn. Heliotropium ramosissimum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.