Heliotropium peruvianum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 187. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Peru." RCN: 1054.

Replaced synonym: Heliotropium arborescens L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Riedl in Kalkman & al., Fl. Malesiana, ser. I, 13: 102. 1997): [icon] " Heliotropium, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, spicis plurimis confertis caule fruticoso" in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 1: 96, t. 144. 1757.

Current name: Heliotropium arborescens L. ( Boraginaceae).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name for H. arborescens L. (1759) with which it is therefore homotypic.