Heliotropium europaeum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 130. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 1057.

Lectotype ( Förther in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 53. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 45, Heliotropium 1 (BM-000557900) .

Generitype of Heliotropium Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 127. 1929).

Current name: Heliotropium europaeum L. ( Boraginaceae).

Note: Kazmi (in J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 175. 1970) indicated 179.8 (LINN) as type, but this is an Alströmer collection not received by Linnaeus until long after 1753. It is not original material for the name.