Heliotropium ellipticum
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Heliotropium ellipticum | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Heliotropium |
Species: | H. ellipticum
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Binomial name | |
Heliotropium ellipticum | |
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Heliotropium ellipticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Pakistan.[1] It is a weed and contaminant of cumin and other herbs and spices.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Heliotropium ellipticum Ledeb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Willocx, Marie; Van Der Beeten, Iris; Asselman, Pieter; Delgat, Lynn; Baert, Wim; Janssens, Steven B.; Leliaert, Frederik; Picron, Jean-François; Vanhee, Celine (2022). "Sorting out the plants responsible for a contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloids in spice seeds by means of LC-MS/MS and DNA barcoding: Proof of principle with cumin and anise spice seeds". Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences. 4: 100070. doi:10.1016/j.fochms.2021.100070. PMC 8991971. S2CID 245644951.