Boraginaceae

Tournefortia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 140 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cayman Is., China South-Central, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • I.M. Johnston in Journ. Arn. Arb. 16: 145–161 (1935)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 68 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 140 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2011 Nguyen V.D. et al. [HNK 1877] Vietnam K000734048 No
Jun 1, 2010 Nguyen V.D. et al. [HNK 1798] Vietnam K000611903 No
Jun 1, 2010 Nguyen V.D. et al. [HNK 1497] Vietnam K000611895 No
Jun 1, 2010 Liew, K.C. [258] Malaysia K000611887 No
Sep 1, 2008 Garcia, L.; Fernando, L. [PPI 25215] Philippines K000610085 No
Jul 22, 2003 Eanghourt, K.; Sophal, M [253] Cambodia K000183069 No
May 5, 1932 Rusby, H.H; Pennell, F.W. [706] Colombia K000583511 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1922 Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000998123 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hartweg [156 K000478201 Unknown Type Material No
Peter, A. [52296] Tanzania K001560319 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 910] Bangladesh K001110260 Unknown Type Material Yes
Atahuachi, M.; Rico, L.; Antezana, C. [748] Bolivia K001609930 Yes
Saltzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000583467 Syntype Yes
Wight, R. [s.n.] India K000998124 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sampson, T. [13035] China K000998122 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 910] K001110259 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 908] Burma K001110253 Unknown Type Material Yes
Plowman, T. [5469] Ecuador K:SPC-44859.000 No
Jul 22, 2003 George, A.S. [16218] Cocos (Keeling) Islands Argusia K000183068 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images