Abstract

Lectotypes are designated here for 14 names proposed by Ruiz and Pavon in Flora peruviana, et chilensis (1799) that were either described or are currently recognized as members of the genera Heliotropium or Tournefortia (Heliotropiaceae): Heliotropium corymbosum, H. incanum, H. lanceolatum, H. microcalyx, H. microstachyum, H. oppositifolium, H. pilosum, H. synzystachyum, Lithospermum aggregatum, Tournefortia angustiflora, T. longifolia, T. polystachya, T. undulata, T. virgata. Currently accepted names and comments on typifications and taxonomic affinities are also provided.