Biology:Heliotropium hirsutissimum

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Boraginaceae

Heliotropium hirsutissimum
Heliotropium hirsutissinum (Athènes 13).JPG
Inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. hirsutissimum
Binomial name
Heliotropium hirsutissimum
Weber
Synonyms[1]

Heliotropium villosum Willd.

Heliotropium hirsutissimum, the hairy heliotrope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the eastern Mediterranean; Greece (including Crete), Turkey (including the European portion), Cyprus, the Levant, Egypt, and Libya.[1] It contains a number of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[2] Grauer is listed as the authority by some sources.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Heliotropium hirsutissimum Weber" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/116913-1. 
  2. Constantinidis, Theophanis; Harvala, Catherine; Skaltsounis, Alexios L. (1993). "Pyrrolizidine N-oxide alkaloids of Heliotropium hirsutissimum". Phytochemistry 32 (5): 1335–1337. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95116-1. 
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. "Heliotropium hirsutissimum Grauer". GBIF Secretariat. https://www.gbif.org/species/4065251. 

Wikidata ☰ Q12213635 entry