BORAGINACEAE

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Contains 14 genera and 30 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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Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order BORAGINALES
Family BORAGINACEAE

Genera

GenusCommon NameTaxa CountHerbarium SpecimensPhotos
Andersonglossum 1
BourreriaSTRONGBARK3
BuglossoidesBUGLOSSOIDES1
CordiaCORDIA2
CynoglossumHOUND'S TONGUE1
EhretiaEHRETIA; SCORPIONBUSH2
Euploca 3
HeliotropiumHELIOTROPE7
LithospermumGROMWELL4
MyosotisFORGET-ME-NOT1
MyriopusSOLDIERBUSH1
NamaFIDDLELEAF1
Tournefortia 1
Varronia 3

Identification Key