''Euploca humilis'' (syn. ''Tournefortia humilis''), the dwarf tournefortia, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Boraginaceae Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the orde ...

. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and most of Brazil. Originally described by Linnaeus in 1753, molecular and morphological evidence led to its transfer from ''

Tournefortia ''Tournefortia'', commonly known as soldierbush, 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. Later ...

'' to ''

Euploca ''Euploca'' is an almost cosmopolitan genus of plants with around 100 species. It was first described by Thomas Nuttall in 1837. While part of the broadly defined Boraginaceae in the APG IV system from 2016, a revision of the order Boraginales f ...

'' in 2016.

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Heliotropioideae Flora of Mexico Flora of Central America Flora of the Caribbean Flora of Colombia Flora of Venezuela Flora of Guyana Flora of North Brazil Flora of Northeast Brazil Flora of West-Central Brazil Flora of Southeast Brazil Plants described in 2016 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asterid-stub