BORAGINACEAE

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Contains 15 genera and 33 accepted taxa overall.

This family is completely databased for all Florida specimens.

Family Notes:	Here Boraginaceae has been expanded to include Hydrophyllaceae. In a survey, 184 of 272 (68%) respondents preferred the broad classification of Boraginaceae as the sole family of Boraginales (Christenhusz et al. 2015; APG IV 2016). In the same survey, 42 (15%) preferred splitting the order into eight families (see Luebert et al. 2016; Hasenstab-Lehman 2017). Forty-six had no opinion on the matter. The survey was disseminated by Taxacom, Evoldir, and other means. If split into eight families, then Florida would have Cordiaceae (Cordia, Varronia), Namaceae (Nama), Hydrophyllaceae (Nemophila), Heliotropaceae (Euploca, Heliotropium, Myriopus), Ehretiaceae (Bourreria, Ehretia), and Boraginaceae s.s. (Andersonglossum, Buglossoides, Cynoglossumm, Lithospermum, Myosotis).
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Family Notes:

Here Boraginaceae has been expanded to include Hydrophyllaceae. In a survey, 184 of 272 (68%) respondents preferred the broad classification of Boraginaceae as the sole family of Boraginales (Christenhusz et al. 2015; APG IV 2016). In the same survey, 42 (15%) preferred splitting the order into eight families (see Luebert et al. 2016; Hasenstab-Lehman 2017). Forty-six had no opinion on the matter. The survey was disseminated by Taxacom, Evoldir, and other means. If split into eight families, then Florida would have Cordiaceae (Cordia, Varronia), Namaceae (Nama), Hydrophyllaceae (Nemophila), Heliotropaceae (Euploca, Heliotropium, Myriopus), Ehretiaceae (Bourreria, Ehretia), and Boraginaceae s.s. (Andersonglossum, Buglossoides, Cynoglossumm, Lithospermum, Myosotis).

Specimen:

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Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	BORAGINALES
Family	BORAGINACEAE

Genera

Genus	Common Name	Taxa Count
Andersonglossum		1
Bourreria	STRONGBARK	3
Buglossoides	BUGLOSSOIDES	1
Cordia	CORDIA	2
Cynoglossum	HOUND'S TONGUE	1
Ehretia	EHRETIA; SCORPIONBUSH	2
Euploca		3
Heliotropium	HELIOTROPE	8
Lithospermum	GROMWELL	4
Myosotis	FORGET-ME-NOT	1
Myriopus	SOLDIERBUSH	1
Nama	FIDDLELEAF	1
Nemophila	BABY BLUE EYES	1
Phacelia	Phacelia	1
Varronia		3

Identification Key

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Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2025. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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