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Taxon:
Heliotropium foertherianum
Diane & Hilger
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Heliotropium
Family:
Heliotropiaceae
Nomen number:
464802
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 125:46. 2003
Comment:
a replacement name for
Tournefortia argentea
L. f., non
Heliotropium argenteum
Lehm.
Verified:
03/31/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Argusia argentea
(L. f.) Heine
Messerschmidia argentea
(L. f.) I. M. Johnst.
Tournefortia argentea
L. f.
No images
Reference(s)
Craven, L. A.
2005. Malesian and Australian
Tournefortia
transferred to
Heliotropium
and notes on delimitation of Boraginaceae.
Blumea
50:379.
DOI:
10.3767/000651905X623049
.
Hilger, H. H. & N. Diane.
2003. A systematic analysis of Heliotropiaceae (Boraginales) based on trnL and ITS1 sequence data. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 125:19-51.
Common names
English
tree-heliotrope –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yin mao shu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
s.e.
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
Zanzibar
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
e.
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
s.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Northern Territory
n.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
n.
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Marshall Islands
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Northern Mariana Islands
1
Native
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
Cook Islands
1
Native
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Niue
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
(s.e.),
Tanzania
[Zanzibar]
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
(e.)
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(s.),
Sri Lanka
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Northern Territory (n.), Queensland (n.)]
Pacific
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
Marshall Islands
,
United States
[Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
Cook Islands
,
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Niue
,
Tonga
,
Samoa
Naturalized
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=464802
. Accessed
29 May 2025
.
Name
References