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Boraginaceae Juss. 1789, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 100 genera found worldwide. A number of familiar plants belong to this family. The Boraginaceae belong, according to the APG II, among the euasterid I group including the orders Gentianales, Lamiales, and Solanales, but whether they should be assigned to one of these orders or to their own (Boraginales) is still uncertain. Under the older Cronquist system they were included in the Lamiales, but it is now clear that they are no more similar to the other families in this order than they are to families in several other asterid orders. The Boraginaceae are paraphyletic with respect to Hydrophyllaceae and the latter is included in the former in APG II system. In some recent classifications the Boraginaceae are broken up into several families: Boraginaceae s.s., Cordiaceae, Ehretiaceae, Heliotropiaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, and Lennoaceae. Most though not all members of this family have hairy leaves. Well-known members include:
Genera Actinocarya Adelocaryum Afrotysonia Alkanna (Alkanets) Amblynotus Amphibologyne Amsinckia (Fiddlenecks) Anchusa (Bugloss) Ancistrocarya Anoplocaryum Antiotrema Antiphytum (Saucerflower) Arnebia Asperugo (Madwort) Auxemma Borago (Borage) Bothriospermum Bourreria (Strongback) Brachybotrys Brunnera Buglossoides Caccinia Carmona (Scorpionbush) Cerinthe (Honeyworts) Chionocharis Choriantha Cordia Craniospermum Cryptantha Cynoglossopsis Cynoglossum Cynoglottis Cysostemon Dasynotus Decalepidanthus Echiochilon Echiostachys Echium Ehretia (Anacuas) Elizaldia Embadium Eritrichium (Alpine Forget-me-not) Gastrocotyle Gyrocaryum Hackelia (Stickseed) Halacsya Heliocarya Heliotropium (Heliotrope) Heterocaryum Huynhia Ivanjohnstonia Ixorhea Lacaitaea Lappula Lasiarrhenum Lasiocaryum Lepechiniella Lepidocordia Lindelophia Lithodora Lithospermum Lobostemon Macromeria Maharanga Mairetis Mattiastrum Mertensia Metaeritrichium Microcaryum Microula Mimophytum Moltkia Moltkiopsis Moritzia Myosotidium Myosotis (Forget-me-nots) Neatostema Nesocaryum Nogalia Nomosa Nonea (monkswort) Ogastemma Omphalodes (navelwort) Omphalolappula Omphalotrigonotis Onosma Onosmodium Oxyosmyles Paracaryum Pardoglossum Patagonula Pectocarya Pentaglottis Perittostema Phacelia Plagiobothrys (Popcornflower) Pseudomertensia Psilolaemus Pteleocarpa inclusion in Gelsemiaceae is likely Pulmonaria Rindera Rochefortia Rochelia Rotula Saccellium Scapicephalus Selkirkia Sericostoma Sinojohnstonia Solenanthus Stenosolenium Stephanocaryum Suchtelenia Symphytum (Comfreys) Thaumatocaryum Thyrocarpus Tianschaniella Tiquilia Tournefortia (Soldierbush) Trachelanthus Trachystemon Trichodesma Trigonocaryum Trigonotis Ulugbekia Valentiniella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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