Heliotropium curassavicum

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Distribution

"Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Nagapattinam, Puddukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Thiruvallur, Thiruvarur, Thoothukkudi"

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Distribution

Global Distribution

Pantropical

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Ernakulam

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Distribution in Egypt

Nile region (Heliopolis, Helwan, Cairo, Burg El Burullus), Eastern desert (Wadi Degla).

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Global Distribution

Tropical America.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Heliotropium curassavicum L.:
Argentina (South America)
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Canada (North America)
Colombia (South America)
Ecuador (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
United States (North America)
Peru (South America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Suriname (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Uruguay (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Floríst. México 1: 1–123.
Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Rep. Bot. Inst. Univ. Aarhus 16: 1–74.
Porter, D. M. 1983. Vascular plants of the Galapagos: Origins and dispersal. 33–54. In M. B. R. I. Bowman & A. E. Leviton Patt. Evol. Galapagos Org. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco.
Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contr. Gray Herb. 184: 1–223.
Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
De la Barra, N., M. A. B., C. A. V. & G. N. S. 1999. Vegetacíon Acuática y Palustre del Valle Central de Cochabamba. Revista Boliviana Ecol. Cons. Amb. 6:65–76.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Sympetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 3. 596 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Galán-Mera, A. 1989. Notas florísticas sobre el litoral y los Andes del Perú (Departamento de Lima). Lazaroa 11: 193–196.
Miller, J. S. 1988. A revised treatment of Boraginaceae for Panama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(2): 456–521.
Macbride, J. F. 1960. Boraginaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5/2): 539–609.
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. N. S. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
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Distribution

Gulf of Mexico

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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Distribution

Distribution: America, Europe, Africa, Pakistan, India and Australia.

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Morphology

Description

A glabrous perennial up to 45 cm tall. Stem and branches decumbent. Leaves 15-40 x 4-8 mm, glabrous, oblanceolate or-linear-lanceolate, obtuse, nerves faint. Inflorescence terminal, simple or bifurcate, 3-6 cm long, with usually uniseriate flowers. Calyx 1.5 mm long, persistent, 5-partite into ovate-lanceolate lobes. Corolla white, tube short, c. 1.7 mm long, glabrous; lobes c. 1 mm long, obtuse-undulate, ± patent. Anthers 0.7-0.8 mm long, sessile, broader at the base, attached 0.7 mm from corolla base. Stigma conical, c. 0.5 mm long, sessile, stigmatic ring prominent. Ovary and fruit glabrous. Nutlets 2 mm long, brown, back ± rugose.

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Diagnostic Description

Diagnostic

"Herbs, prostrate and spreading, glabrous and succulent, the younger parts sometimes glaucous. Leaves alternate or somewhat fasciculate, oblanceolate, lanceolate, or spathulate, to 3.5 cm long and 0.6-0.7 cm wide, obtuse, the margins entire, the bases attenuate; petioles obscure. Inflorescences spike-like, scorpioid when immature, unilateral, mostly terminal, c. 2-4.5 cm long; bracts absent. Flowers small, sessile, crowded; calyx of 5 sepals, slightly connate basally, elongate-deltoid, c. 1.2-1.3 mm long; corolla salverform, white, the tube somewhat saccate, c. 1.2 mm long, the lobes c. 0.8 mm long; stamens 5, sessile, the anthers 0.6 mm long; ovary 4-lobed, the disc obscure, the style absent, the stigma conical, annular pubescent at the widened base. Fruit 4-lobed, 2.3 x 3.8 mm, the 4 nutlets frequently remaining together at maturity, the nutlets glabrous, wedge-shaped, c. 1.6-1.7 mm long."

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Habitat

Edges of salt marshes, saline oils.

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Depth range based on 6 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1

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Cyclicity

Flower/Fruit

Fl. Per.: March-April.

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Life Expectancy

Perennial.

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Heliotropium curassavicum

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Heliotropium curassavicum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 10
Species With Barcodes: 1

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