Heliotropioideae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Heliotropioideae
Genera: Euploca – Heliotropium – Ixorhea – Myriopus – Nogalia – Tournefortia

Name

Heliotropioideae Arn. (1832)

Type genus: Heliotropium L.

References
Primary references

Arnott, G.A.W. 1832. Botany 122.

Additional references

Foerther, H. 1998. The infrageneric classification of the genus Heliotropium L and its status within the subfamily Heliotropiodeae Arn. Sendtnera 5(0): 35–241.
Luebert, F., Cecchi, L., Frohlich, M.W., Gottschling, M., Guilliams, C.M., Hasenstab-Lehman, K.E., Hilger, H.H., Miller, J.S., Mittelbach, M., Nazaire, M. & Nepi, M. 2016. Familial classification of the Boraginales. Taxon 65(3): 502–522. DOI: 10.12705/653.5 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Tropicos.org 2020. Heliotropioideae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 13.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)[1]

Vernacular names
русский: Гелиотроповые

Heliotropioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae, comprising roughly 450 species. A 2016 revision of the Boraginales recognises it as a distinct family, Heliotropiaceae.[1]
Genera

According to the 2016 revision, there are four genera:[1]

Euploca Nutt. (~100 species, almost cosmopolitan)
Heliotropium L. (~325 species, almost cosmopolitan; incl. Tournefortia L.)
Ixorhea Fenzl (1 species, Argentina)
Myriopus Small (~25 species, Neotropics)

References

Luebert, F.; Cecchi, L.; Frohlich, M.W.; et al. (2016). "Familial classification of the Boraginales". Taxon. 65 (3): 502–522. doi:10.12705/653.5. ISSN 0040-0262. Retrieved 16 June 2018.