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Heliotropium
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Heliotropium is a genus of flowering plants with around 325 species commonly known as heliotropes. They are highly toxic to dogs and cats, as well as to humans.
Species
heliotroper
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyHeliotropiaceae
天芥菜属（学名：Heliotropium）是紫草科下的一个属，为草本或亚灌木植物。该属共有250种，分布于热带和温带地区。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,357
- With media
- 2,047
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Collections
- CICY, INECOL, FC-UNAM, GH, UACH
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
274 papers- Heliotropium indicum L.: From Farm to a Source of Bioactive Compounds with Therapeutic Activity.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
- Heliotropium bacciferum essential extraction: Compositions determination by GC-MS and anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activities evaluation.Analytical biochemistry · 2023
- Heliotropium ramosissimum metabolic profiling, in silico and in vitro evaluation with potent selective cytotoxicity against colorectal carcinoma.Scientific reports · 2022
- Heliotropium hirsutissimum from geothermal areas: evidence of thermal adaptation.Protoplasma · 2025
- Heliotropium procubens Mill: Taxonomic Significance and Characterization of Phenolic Compounds via UHPLC-HRMS- In Vitro Antioxidant and Enzyme Inhibitory Activities.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Origins of diversification
- Selected species
- Formerly included here
- Etymology
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Toxicity
- Heliotrine and heliotridine
- Uses
- In culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Heliotropium is a genus of flowering plants with around 325 species commonly known as heliotropes. They are highly toxic to dogs and cats, as well as to humans.
== Description == Like other members of the Heliotropiaceae, plants in the genus Heliotropium have , tetracyclic flowers and actinomorphic corollas. They likewise share in their characteristic terminal styles and highly modified stigmatic heads (basal stigma, infertile apex). Species in the genus are typically herbs or subshrubs exclusively and are characterized by their dry fruits that divide into two or four mericarpids.
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