Tournefortia, often called soldierbushes,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

Tournefortia
Tournefortia bojeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Heliotropioideae
Genus: Tournefortia
L.[1]
Type species
Tournefortia hirsutissima
L.[2]
Synonyms
  • Argusia Boehm.
  • Arguzia Raf.
  • Mallotonia Britton
  • Messerschmidia L. ex Hebenstr.
  • Spilocarpus Lem.

It was first published under the name "Pittonia" by Charles Plumier in 1703, in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France.[4]

Species

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The following species are accepted:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tournefortia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Tournefortia L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Tournefortia​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ^ Paul-Antoine Cap (1854). Le Muséum d'histoire naturelle (in French). L. Curmer. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Tournefortia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2024.