Tournefortia

Tournefortia, commonly known as soldierbush,[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
List
  • 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. Later, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France.[4]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tournefortia:[5]

  • Tournefortia albifolia J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia belizensis Lundell
  • Tournefortia bojeri A.DC.
  • Tournefortia brantii J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia buchtienii Killip
  • Tournefortia caeciliana Loes.
  • Tournefortia calycina Benth.
  • Tournefortia candida (M.Martens & Galeotti) Walp.
  • Tournefortia canescens Kunth
  • Tournefortia capitata M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Tournefortia caracasana Kunth
  • Tournefortia chinchensis Killip
  • Tournefortia chrysantha (M.Martens & Galeotti) Walp.
  • Tournefortia conocarpa Urb.
  • Tournefortia cordifolia André
  • Tournefortia coriacea Vaupel
  • Tournefortia curvilimba Killip
  • Tournefortia delicatula J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia densiflora M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Tournefortia dracophylla K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  • Tournefortia elongata D.N.Gibson
  • Tournefortia fruticosa Ortega
  • Tournefortia gnaphalodes (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Tournefortia hartwegiana Steud.
  • Tournefortia hernandesii Dunal ex A.DC.
  • Tournefortia heyneana Wall. ex G.Don
  • Tournefortia hookeri C.B.Clarke
  • Tournefortia intonsa Kerr
  • Tournefortia johnstonii Standl.
  • Tournefortia khasiana C.B.Clarke
  • Tournefortia killipii Nowicke
  • Tournefortia kirkii (I.M.Johnst.) J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia latisepala Nowicke
  • Tournefortia longifolia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Tournefortia longiloba D.N.Gibson
  • Tournefortia longipedicellata J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia longispica J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia macrostachya Rusby
  • Tournefortia mexicana Vatke
  • Tournefortia microcalyx (Ruiz & Pav.) I.M.Johnst.
  • Tournefortia montana Lour.
  • Tournefortia multiflora J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia mutabilis Vent.
  • Tournefortia obtusiflora Benth.
  • Tournefortia ovalifolia Rusby
  • Tournefortia ovata Wall. ex G.Don
  • Tournefortia pedicellata D.L.Nash
  • Tournefortia polystachya Ruiz & Pav.
  • Tournefortia puberula Baker
  • Tournefortia pubescens Hook.f.
  • Tournefortia ramonensis Standl.
  • Tournefortia ramosissima K.Krause
  • Tournefortia restrepoae J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia rufosericea Hook.f.
  • Tournefortia schiedeana G.Don
  • Tournefortia setacea Killip
  • Tournefortia stenosepala K.Krause
  • Tournefortia subspicata Donn.Sm.
  • Tournefortia subtropica (C.B.Clarke) S.P.Banerjee
  • Tournefortia tacarcunensis A.H.Gentry & Nowicke
  • Tournefortia tarmensis (K.Krause) J.F.Macbr.
  • Tournefortia ternifolia Kunth
  • Tournefortia trichocalycina A.DC.
  • Tournefortia umbellata Kunth
  • Tournefortia undulata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Tournefortia urceolata J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia usambarensis (Verdc.) Verdc.
  • Tournefortia vasquezii J.S.Mill.
  • Tournefortia vestita Killip
  • Tournefortia villosa Salzm. ex A.DC.
  • Tournefortia virgata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Tournefortia walkerae C.B.Clarke
  • Tournefortia wightii C.B.Clarke

Uses

Tournefortia angustifolia is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca.

References
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Wikispecies has information related to Tournefortia.
  1. "Tournefortia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  2. "Tournefortia L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  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 | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-07.

6. “Dangling In The Tournefortia” by Charles Bukowski published 2001 Black Sparrow

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