Heliotropium gnaphalodes Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 10, 2 : 913. 1759 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H) Jarvis, Charlie L. Linnaeus 1759 Magnoliopsida Boraginaceae Heliotropium Plantae Boraginales Tracheophyta species gnaphalodes      Heliotropium gnaphalodesLinnaeus,  Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 913. 1759.  ["Habitat in Barbados, Jamaicae maritimis."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 188 (1762). RCN: 1062.   Lectotype(Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles6: 189. 1989): [icon] " Heliotropium Gnaphaloideslitoreum, fruticescens, Americanum" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 193, f. 5. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 182. 1696.