Biology:Heliotropium pannifolium

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Short description: Extinct species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae


Saint Helena heliotrope

Extinct  (ca. 1820) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. pannifolium
Binomial name
Heliotropium pannifolium
Burch. ex Hemsl.

Heliotropium pannifolium, the Saint Helena heliotrope, is now extinct but was formerly a hairy-leaved small shrub up to 1 m in height. it was only seen once, by the explorer W. Burchell in Broad Gut, Saint Helena (ca. 1808) and has never been seen again. Human impact on the island of Saint Helena was severe and the Saint Helena heliotrope is one of several extinct plants from that island (see List of extinct plants).

See also

References

  • Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1602568 entry