A taxonomic synopsis of Heliotropiaceae and new combinations in Heliotropium from Thailand
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Rueangsawang, Kanokorn
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1595-1514
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok 10240, Thailand
Author
Chantaranothai, Pranom
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5065-6169
Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW 9 3 AE, UK
pranom@kku.ac.th
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Euploca Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 5: 189. 1836.
Heliotropium
[unranked]
Orthostachys
R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 493. 1810. Type species:
Heliotropium foliatum
R.Br.
Preslaea
Mart., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 75. 1827, nom. illeg.
Heliotropium sect. Orthostachys
(R.Br.) G.Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 361. 1838. Type species: Based on
Heliotropium
[unranked]
Orthostachys
R.Br.
Schleidenia
Endl., Gen. Pl.: 646. 1839. Type species:
Preslaea paradoxa
Mart.
Orthostachys
(R.Br.) Spach, Hist. Nat.
Veg
. 9: 32. 1840. Type species: Based on
Heliotropium
[unranked]
Orthostachys
R.Br.
Hilgeria
Foerther
, Sendtnera 5: 132. 1998. Type species:
Hilgeria hypogaea
(Urb. & Ekman)
Foerther
.
Type species.
Euploca convolvulacea
Nutt.
Description.
Annual herbs. Leaves petiolate or sessile; lamina linear to ovate, apex acute to obtuse, margin entire or revolute, pubescent to strigose or silky silver hairs on both surfaces. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, spike-like, scorpioid or subcapitate cymes, bracteate. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear to lanceolate. Corolla white with a yellow-orange throat inside, tubular or funnel-shaped, lobes orbicular to oblong, throat pubescent inside. Stamens included, sessile or with short filaments; anthers, elliptic-oblong. Ovary divided into 4 lobes. Fruits separating into four 1-seeded nutlets.