Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Boraginaceae Juss.
Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl
, legitimate , scientific
Vahl, M.(H.) (1794) , Symbolae Botanicae 3 :
21
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Brasilia. Thouin."
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
712, Fig. 1012
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium anchusifolium Poir.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia heliotropoides Hook.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cochranea anchusifolia ( Poir.) Gürke
legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
398
[secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
562
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wild Verbena
[n/a]
common name:
Blue Heliotrope
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
90
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium anchusifolium Poir.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cochranea anchusifolia ( Poir.) Gürke
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Boraginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
359-360, Fig. 50F
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium anchusifolium Poir.
legitimate
common name:
Blue Heliotrope
[n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Boraginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
397-398
[secondary reference]
common name:
Blue Heliotrope
[n/a]
Craven, L.A. (13 September 1996) , A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 9(4) :
546-547, Fig. 5 (map)
[secondary reference]
Type:
South America: Uruguay: Montevideo, Commerson s.n. ded. Thouin (C, n.v., photo!).
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium anchusaefolium Poir.
orth. var.
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Boraginaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
392, Fig. 76e
[secondary reference]
common name:
Blue Heliotrope
[n/a]
Craven, L.A. (2005) , Malesian and Australian Tournefortia transferred to Heliotropium and notes on delimitation of Boraginaceae. Blumea 50(2) :
378
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia heliotropoides Hook.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium anchusaefolium Poir.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Heliotropium anchusifolium Poir.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tournefortia heliotropoides Hook.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cochranea anchusaefolia Gürke
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cochranea anchusifolia ( Poir.) Gürke
legitimate
APC Dist.:
SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)