Species Heliotropium burmanni

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There aren’t any identifications of Heliotropium burmanni.

Range:

Location unknown

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Etymology of Heliotropium:

Gk. (h)elios = sun; tropein = to turn. Many flowers in this genus turn their flower heads to follow the sun: ‘heliotrope’ – diurnal motion in response to the sun’s movement.

Etymology of burmanni:

This honours either Johannes Burman (1707-1779), Professor of botany at Leiden University who wrote Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum (1738), or his son Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1733-1793).

Scientific name:

Heliotropium burmanni Roem. & Schult.

Etymology applies to:

Synonym of:

Heliotropium tubulosum

Long etymology:

Authors:

Roem. & Schult.

Protologue:

Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 736 (1819)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym