Tournefortia, often called soldierbushes, is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

It was first published under the name "Pittonia" by Charles Plumier in 1703, in honour of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Carl Linnaeus changed the name to Tournefortia, on the grounds that Tournefort was virtually unknown by his family name outside France.

Species

The following species are accepted:

• Tournefortia albifolia

• Tournefortia belizensis

• Tournefortia bojeri

• Tournefortia brantii

• Tournefortia buchtienii

• Tournefortia caeciliana

• Tournefortia calycina

• Tournefortia candida

• Tournefortia canescens

• Tournefortia capitata

• Tournefortia caracasana

• Tournefortia chinchensis

• Tournefortia chrysantha

• Tournefortia conocarpa

• Tournefortia cordifolia

• Tournefortia coriacea

• Tournefortia curvilimba

• Tournefortia delicatula

• Tournefortia densiflora

• Tournefortia dracophylla

• Tournefortia elongata

• Tournefortia fruticosa

• Tournefortia gnaphalodes

• Tournefortia hartwegiana

• Tournefortia hernandesii

• Tournefortia heyneana

• Tournefortia hookeri

• Tournefortia intonsa

• Tournefortia johnstonii

• Tournefortia khasiana

• Tournefortia killipii

• Tournefortia kirkii

• Tournefortia latisepala

• Tournefortia longifolia

• Tournefortia longiloba

• Tournefortia longipedicellata

• Tournefortia longispica

• Tournefortia macrostachya

• Tournefortia mexicana

• Tournefortia microcalyx

• Tournefortia montana

• Tournefortia multiflora

• Tournefortia mutabilis

• Tournefortia obtusiflora

• Tournefortia ovalifolia

• Tournefortia ovata

• Tournefortia pedicellata

• Tournefortia polystachya

• Tournefortia puberula

• Tournefortia pubescens

• Tournefortia ramonensis

• Tournefortia ramosissima

• Tournefortia restrepoae

• Tournefortia rufosericea

• Tournefortia schiedeana

• Tournefortia setacea

• Tournefortia stenosepala

• Tournefortia subspicata

• Tournefortia subtropica

• Tournefortia tacarcunensis

• Tournefortia tarmensis

• Tournefortia ternifolia

• Tournefortia trichocalycina

• Tournefortia umbellata

• Tournefortia undulata

• Tournefortia urceolata

• Tournefortia usambarensis

• Tournefortia vasquezii

• Tournefortia vestita

• Tournefortia virgata

• Tournefortia walkerae

• Tournefortia wightii

References

• "Dangling In The Tournefortia" by Charles Bukowski published 2001 Black Sparrow