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| Heliotropium ellipticum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Heliotropiaceae |
| Genus: | Heliotropium |
| Species: | H. ellipticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliotropium ellipticum | |
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Heliotropium ellipticum is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliotropiaceae, native to Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Pakistan.[1] It is a weed and contaminant of cumin and other herbs and spices.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Heliotropium ellipticum Ledeb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ Willocx, Marie; Van Der Beeten, Iris; Asselman, Pieter; Delgat, Lynn; Baert, Wim; Janssens, Steven B.; Leliaert, Frederik; Picron, Jean-François; Vanhee, Celine (2022). "Sorting out the plants responsible for a contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloids in spice seeds by means of LC-MS/MS and DNA barcoding: Proof of principle with cumin and anise spice seeds". Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences. 4 100070. doi:10.1016/j.fochms.2021.100070. PMC 8991971. S2CID 245644951.
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