Tournefortia
Tournefortia, often called soldierbushes, is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
Species
tree heliotrope
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyHeliotropiaceae
Native toAruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic
Observations5,923
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Tournefortia, often called soldierbushes, is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
It was first published under the name "Pittonia" by Charles Plumier in 1703, in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France.