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Heliotropium angiospermum Murray (Prodr. Stirp. Gott. 217. 1773.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Desecheo, Icacos, Mona, Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Alacrancillo (Cuba), Alacrancillo (Dominican Republic), Alacrancillo fino (Cuba), Cotorilla (Puerto Rico), Creeré cacao (Dominican Republic), Crete coq (Haiti), Crête de coq (Haiti), Dog's tail (Jamaica), Eye bright (L. Antilles), Herbe à clous (Haiti), Herbe à malingres (Haiti), Herbe-scorpion (L. Antilles), Horse-bush (Bahamas), Moco de pavo (Dominican Republic), Mont joli (Haiti), Petit crête du coq (L. Antilles), Rabo de alacrán (Dominican Republic), Rabo de alacrán (Puerto Rico), Scorpion-tail (Bahamas), Sore-bush (Bahamas), Z'herbe à clous (Haiti), Zimbaclor (Haiti), Zimbaclot (Haiti), Synonyms: Heliophytum portoricense Bello (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 297. 1881.), Heliotropium parviflorum L. (Mant. Pl. 2: 201. 1771), Schobera angiosperma (Murray) Britton (In N.L. Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 134. 1925.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 7). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 8). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 9). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 10). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 11). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 12). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 13). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 14). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 15). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 16). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 17). Stahl, A. 1883-1888. Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto-Rico. Folleto I-VI. Tip. El Asimilista, San Juan (Folleto I); Tip. González and Cía, San Juan (Folleto II-VI). Puerto Rico. 18). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 19). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 20). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 21). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Originally in Boraginaceae. Last edited 16 Apr 09 |