Two new species of Heliotropium L. (Boraginaceae) from Saudi Arabia |
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| Authors: | T A AL-TURKI S OMER A GHAFOOR |
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| Institution: | Herbarium, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Natural Resources &Environment Research Institute, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh-11442, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | Two new species of Heliotropium L. (Boraginaceae, subfam. Heliotropioideae), growing in sandy loam soils in Jizan, south-west Saudi Arabia, Heliotropium chaudharyanum Al-Turki, Omer & A. Ghafoor and Heliotropium jizanense Al-Turki, Omer & A. Ghafoor, are described and illustrated. The relationships of the new species within the small-flowered Heliotropium europaeum L. species group are discussed. Notes on distribution and habitat are provided, together with a map. |
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| Keywords: | Arabia Heliotropioideae H lasiocarpum Jizan |
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