''Heliotropium pannifolium'', the Saint Helena heliotrope, is now extinct but was formerly a hairy-leaved small shrub in the family ''
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borago, borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genus, genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single famil ...
''.
It grew to a height of up to 1 m. It was only seen once, by the explorer W. Burchell in Broad Gut, Saint Helena (ca. 1808) and has never been seen again. Human impact on the island of
Saint Helena
Saint Helena (, ) is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory.
Saint Helena is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1,874 km ...
was severe and the Saint Helena heliotrope is one of several extinct plants from that island (see List of extinct plants).
See also
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Flora of Saint Helena The flora of Saint Helena, an isolated island in the South Atlantic Ocean, is exceptional in its high level of endemism and the severe threats facing the survival of the flora. In phytogeography, it is in the phytochorion St. Helena and Ascension Re ...
References
* Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.
External links
UNEP-WCMC Species Database
pannifolium
Flora of Saint Helena
Extinct plants
Extinct biota of Africa
Plant extinctions since 1500
Plants described in 1884
Taxa named by William Hemsley (botanist)
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