Tournefortia humilis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 141. 1753.

"Habitat in America calida." RCN: 1136.

Lectotype (Miller in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 804. 2004): [icon] " Tournefortia foliis lanceolatis" in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 224, t. 227, f. 2. 1760. - Epitype (Miller in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 53: 804. 2004): Martinique. Casa Pilote, collines arides, Feb 1868, L. Hahn 4 l6 (BM).

Current name: Heliotropium ternatum Vahl ( Boraginaceae).