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485.0000 Family Heliotropiaceae Schrad.; Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. Recent. 4: 192 (Asperifol. Linnei Comm. 22) (1819), nom. cons.
5 genera, ca. 520 spp.. Often included in Boraginaceae s. l. Separate family following Kubitzki Vol. 14
Species listed in database: 504
= Heliotropieae Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 39 (1827)
= Heliotropioideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 122 (1832)
= Parabouchetieae Hunz.; Kurtziana 10: 43 (1977)
= Tournefortieae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 197 (1830), not validly publ.
485.0005 Genus Tournefortia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 140 (1753)
Distribution: Tropics (mostly neotropics), subtropics, and some in warm-temperate regions, but only few Old World. The remainders of the genus listed here probably need re-inclusion in Heliotropium but combinations are not yet available.
Species listed in database: 68
= Argusia Boehm.; Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 507 (1760)
= Mallotonia (Griseb.) Britton; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 47 (1915)
= Messerschmidia L. ex Hebenstr.; Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 8: 315, t. 11 (1763)
= Spilocarpus Lem.; Jard. Fleur. 4(Misc.): 79 (1854)

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