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The genus Heliotropium is in the family Boraginaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Heliotropium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Heliotropium abbreviatum Rusby	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium acutiflorum Kar. & Kir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium adenogynum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium albiflorum Engl.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium anchusanthum Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium anderssonii B.L. Rob.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium angiospermum Murray	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium arborescens L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium argenteum Lehm.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium arguzioides Kar. & Kir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium axillare Greenm.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium bacciferum Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium baclei DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium calcicola Fernald	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium campestre Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium catamarcense I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium cerroleonense R. Degen	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium chenopodiaceum (A.DC.) Clos	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium chrysanthum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium ciliatum Kaplan	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium confertifolium (Torr.) Torr. ex A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium convolvulaceum (Nutt.) A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium coriaceum Lehm.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium cremnogenum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium curassavicum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium distantiflorum Hassl. ex I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium dolosum De Not.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium dunaense R. Degen	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium ellipticum Ledeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium elongatum (Lehm.) Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium eremogenum I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium erianthum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium europaeum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium fallax I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium ferreyrae I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium filifolium I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium filiforme Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium floridum Clos	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium foliosissimum J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium formosanum I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium fruticosum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium geissei F. Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium giessii M. Friedrich	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium gillianum (Riedl) Kazmi	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium glabriusculum (Torr.) A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium glomeratum A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium glutinosum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium gnaphalodes L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium greggii Torr.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium hasslerianum Chodat	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium hereroense Schinz	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium hintonii (I.M. Johnst.) I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium huascoense I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium incanum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium inconspicuum Reiche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium indicum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium intermedium Andrz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium jaffiuelii I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium johnstonii Ragon.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium karwinskyi I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium kotschyi Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium krauseanum Fedde	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium kurtzii Gangui	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium lagoense (Warm.) Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium lanceolatum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium lasiocarpum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium leiocarpum Morong	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium limbatum Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium linariifolium Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium lineare C.H. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium lippioides Krause	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium lobbii I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium longiflorum (A.DC.) Jaub. & Spach	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium longistylum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium macrostachyum (DC.) Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium madagascariense (Vatke) I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium mandonii I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium margaritense Hassl. ex I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium marifolium J.König ex Retz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium megalanthum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium mendocinum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium michoacanum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium micranthum (Pall.) Bunge	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium microphyllum Sw. ex Wikstr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium microstachyum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium molle (Torr.) I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium myosotifolium (A.DC.) Reiche	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium nicotianifolium Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium ocellatum Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium oxylobum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium pallescens I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium paniculatum R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium paradoxum (Mart.) Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium parciflorum (Mart.) Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium paronychioides DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium parvifolium Edgew.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium patagonicum A. DC.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium perrieri J.S.Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium philippianum I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium phylicoides Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium pilosum Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium pinnatisectum R.L. Pérez-Mor.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium piurense I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium polyanthellum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium polyphyllum Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium pringlei B.L. Rob.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium procumbens Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium pseudoindicum H.Chuang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium pterocarpum (DC. & A.DC.) Hochst. & Steud. ex Bunge	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium pueblense Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium purdiei I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium pycnophyllum Phil.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium queretaroanum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium racemosum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium ramosissimum (Lehm.) Sieber ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium rariflorum Stocks	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium rufipilum (Benth.) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium ruiz-lealii I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium salicioides Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium schreiteri I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium sclerocarpum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium sessei I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium sinuatum (Miers) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium stenophyllum Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium steudneri Vatke	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium stevenianum Andrz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium strigosum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium suaveolens M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium submolle Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium supinum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium szovitsii Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium taltalense (Phil.) I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium tenellum (Nutt.) Torr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium ternatum Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium tiaridioides Cham.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium toratense I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium torreyi I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium transalpinum Vell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Heliotropium veronicifolium Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium wigginsii I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Heliotropium zeylanicum (Burm.f.) Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 724 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Heliotropium. Of these 144 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 74 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Heliotropium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 724 species names for the genus Heliotropium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	144	19.9%
◕	Synonym	126	17.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	454	62.7%

All names

The status of the 798 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Heliotropium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	155	19.4%
◕	Synonym	185	23.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	458	57.4%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 5 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 724 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Heliotropium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	140	125	0	0	265	36.6%
	Low confidence	4	1	0	454	459	63.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Heliotropium, are as follows: