Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Heliotropium microsalsoloides
Boraginaceae Juss.
Heliotropium microsalsoloides Craven , legitimate, scientific
Craven, L.A. (2005), Seven new species of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) from the monsoon and arid zones of Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 21: 19, Figs 7, 10 (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia, Western Australia, King Sound, Sunday Island, at site of abandoned mission station, 2 June 1993, Craven & Stewart 9271 (holotype: CANB; isotypes: A, AD, B, DNA, E, G, K, L, M, MEL, P, PERTH, UC, US, W."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Greek mikros, small, little and -eides, like, resembling and Salsola, a genus of Chenopodiaceae, as the plant superficially resembles a dwarf version of the widespread S. tragus L."
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]
Frohlich, M.W., Thulin, M. & Chase, M.W. (24 February 2020), Ninety-three new combinations in Euploca for species of Heliotropium section Orthostachys (Boraginaceae sensu APG). Phytotaxa 434(1): 17 [basionym]
basionym of: Euploca microsalsoloides (Craven) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 12 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Euploca microsalsoloides (Craven) M.W.Frohl. & M.W.Chase legitimate