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Tournefortia
Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tournefortia, often called soldierbushes,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
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Tournefortia | |
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Tournefortia bojeri | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Subfamily: | Heliotropioideae |
Genus: | Tournefortia L.[1] |
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Tournefortia hirsutissima L.[2] | |
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It was first published under the name "Pittonia" by Charles Plumier in 1703, in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France.[4]