Heliotropioideae

Heliotropioideae was a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae, comprising roughly 450 species. A 2016 revision of the Boraginales recognises it as a distinct family, Heliotropiaceae.^[1]

Heliotropioideae
Heliotropium europaeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Heliotropioideae
Genera
See text.

Genera

According to the 2016 revision, there are four genera:^[1]

• Euploca Nutt. (~100 species, almost cosmopolitan)
• Heliotropium L. (~325 species, almost cosmopolitan; incl. Tournefortia L.)
• Ixorhea Fenzl (1 species, Argentina)
• Myriopus Small (~25 species, Neotropics)