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7052.000 Heliotropium
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes subshrubby. leaves alternate, rarely subopposite. Cymes spike-like, usually scorpioid, terminal or pseudoaxillary, simple or branched; rarely flowers solitary, supra-axillary. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Corolla salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, white, yellow or blue. Stamens included. Ovary 4-celled, entire or subentire. Style terminal. Fruit dry, usually splitting at maturity into four 1-seeded nutlets, free or cohering in pairs or remaining entire and 1-seeded by abortion. Derivation of name: turning with the sun, heliotropic Worldwide: c. 250 species, tropical and temperate areas Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| harareense E.S.Martins | C | Lk | |
| indicum L. | B,C,E,S | Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| supinum L. | B,C,S | S,W | Description, Image |
| zeylanicum (Burm. f.) Lam. | B,N,C,E,S | Lk,W | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Heliotropium:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: HeliotropiumFlora of Burundi: Heliotropium
Flora of Caprivi: Heliotropium
Flora of Malawi: Heliotropium
Flora of Mozambique: Heliotropium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Heliotropium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Heliotropium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HeliotropiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Heliotropium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Heliotropium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Heliotropium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Heliotropium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Heliotropium
JSTOR Plant Science: Heliotropium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Heliotropium
Plants of the World Online: Heliotropium
Tropicos: Heliotropium
Wikipedia: Heliotropium
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