borage family
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, has two significantly different circumscriptions as of December 2025. In the narrower circumscription, Boraginaceae sensu stricto is one of 11 families placed in the order Boraginales and includes about 90–120 genera. This approach was developed by the Boraginales Working Group. In the older, broader circumscription, Boraginaceae sensu lato is the only family in the order Boraginales, and includes about 155 genera.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cynoglossoideae
subfamilyCynoglossoideae
Boraginoideae
subfamilyBoraginoideae
baby blue eyes, Phacelias, and waterleaves
subfamilyHydrophylloideae
Heliotropioideae
subfamilyHeliotropioideae
Namoideae
subfamilyNamoideae
Cordioideae
subfamilyCordioideae
Ehretioideae
subfamilyEhretioideae
Lennooideae
subfamilyLennooideae
Hormuzakia
genusHormuzakia
Wellstedioideae
subfamilyWellstedioideae
Hoplestigma
genusHoplestigma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48150.