Heliotropium pannifolium

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Saint Helena heliotrope

Extinct  (ca. 1820) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Heliotropium
Species:
H. pannifolium
Binomial name
Heliotropium pannifolium

Heliotropium pannifolium, the Saint Helena heliotrope, is now extinct but was formerly a hairy-leaved small shrub up to 1 m in height. it was only seen once, by the explorer W. Burchell in Broad Gut, Saint Helena (ca. 1808) and has never been seen again. Human impact on the island of Saint Helena was severe and the Saint Helena heliotrope is one of several extinct plants from that island (see List of extinct plants).

See also[]

  • Flora of Saint Helena

References[]

  • (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.

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