Heliotropium antioquianum J.I.M.Melo, replacement name.

Basionym: Tournefortia hispida Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 82. 1818, non Heliotropium hispidum Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 87. 1818.

Type: — COLOMBIA.“Crescit in ripa obumbrata fluminis Magdalenae, prope Tenerife”, s. dat., A. J. A. Bonpland & F. W. H. A. von Humboldt s.n. (holotype: P00136375, image!) .

Distribution.— Colombia, Panamá, Costa Rica.

Etymology.— The specific epithet refers to the Department of Antioquía, the region of Colombia where the species was originally recorded.