Genus: Messerschmidia Roem. & Schult.

Synonym of: Tournefortia L.

 
Family: Heliotropiaceae
Alternate family(ies): Boraginaceae
Genus number: 27035
Last updated: 31-Jul-2018
Accession Count: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • • an illegitimate, superfluous name (Shenzhen ICN Art. 52) for Tournefortia L., nom. cons.
  • • also an illegitimate later homonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 53) of Messerschmidia Hebenstr. (1763) that is unavailable for use

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://genebank.ilri.org/gringlobal/taxonomygenus?id=27035. Accessed 17 December 2025.