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Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Family : Boraginaceae
Family (APGIII) :
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 130 (1753)  
Notes : [America]
Information on the genus : Heliotropium
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (naturalised)
Status for NA : accepted (naturalised)
Status for SA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
Status for TA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Coldenia succulenta Peter (1928)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : biology: perennial, occ. annual-Herb, Succulent Ht 0.06 - 0.15 m. Alt 2 - 1667 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; Subhumid, Subarid; Thicket, Forest, Saline Wetland, Dunes; 0-499 m; distribution: New World,

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Bothalia 3: 252 (1937).
  • Fl. Trop. E. Africa Boraginaceae: 67 (1991)

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Fl. Atlant. 1: 153 (1798). 
  • Battandier, J.A & L.C. Trabut (1890). Flore de l'Algérie [Dicot] 1(4): 618  
  • PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica.  
  • Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 2: 772 (1963).
  • Fl. Eur. 3: 86 (1972).
  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1979). Flora of Libya. 68: 56
  • Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] 2: 726 (1981).
  • Med-Checklist 1: 89 (1984).
  • VALDES, B., S. TALAVERA & E. FERNANDEZ-GALIANO (ed.) (1987). Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, vol. 2 Ketres 2: 377 
  • Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 276 (2000).
  • List. Esp. Sylv. Canarias : 125 (2004).
  • FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie [1]. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: 62
  • FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (2007). Flore Pratique du Maroc [vol.2] Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 2: 381
  • BOULOS, L. & E. LE FLOC'H (2008). Flore de Tunisie : catalogue synonymique commenté

Bibliography other :
  • LE FLOC’H, E., L. BOULOS & E. VÉLA (2010). Catalogue synonymique commenté de la Flore de Tunisie  
 
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