Tournefortia hirsutissima Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 140. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 1133.

Conserved type (Johnston in J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 133. 1949): [icon] " Tournefortia caule hirsuto" in Plumier in Burman, Pl. Amer.: 226, t. 229. 1760.

Generitype of Tournefortia Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Tournefortia hirsutissima L. ( Boraginaceae).

Note: Tournefortia hirsutissima, with the type designated by Johnston, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 571. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l. c. 55: 795-796. 2006).