Biology:Heliotropium ellipticum

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Boraginaceae

Heliotropium ellipticum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. ellipticum
Binomial name
Heliotropium ellipticum
Ledeb.
Synonyms[1]

Heliotropium ellipticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Pakistan.[1] It is a weed and contaminant of cumin and other herbs and spices.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Heliotropium ellipticum Ledeb." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/116816-1. 
  2. Willocx, Marie; Van Der Beeten, Iris; Asselman, Pieter; Delgat, Lynn; Baert, Wim; Janssens, Steven B.; Leliaert, Frederik; Picron, Jean-François et al. (2022). "Sorting out the plants responsible for a contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloids in spice seeds by means of LC-MS/MS and DNA barcoding: Proof of principle with cumin and anise spice seeds". Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences 4: 100070. doi:10.1016/j.fochms.2021.100070. 

Wikidata ☰ Q11117483 entry