Boraginaceae

Plants

132 genera · 2312 species in the Library

About

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.

Summary from Wikipedia

Onosma

251 species

Myosotis

179 species

Cryptantha

119 species

Echium

103 species

Lithospermum

95 species

Cynoglossum

85 species

Eritrichium

83 species

Lappula

81 species

Alkanna

72 species

Paracaryum

69 species

Trigonotis

69 species

Oreocarya

68 species

Plagiobothrys

64 species

Mertensia

55 species

Hackelia

54 species

Nonea

48 species

Symphytum

47 species

Maharanga

43 species

Trichodesma

41 species

Anchusa

40 species

Arnebia

37 species

Microula

35 species

Lobostemon

33 species

Rindera

32 species

Pulmonaria

31 species

Beureria

26 species

Rochelia

24 species

Amsinckia

23 species

Solenanthus

22 species

Antiphytum

19 species

Johnstonella

18 species

Cystostemon

17 species

Echiochilon

16 species

Lepechiniella

14 species

Omphalodes

14 species

Pectocarya

12 species

Craniospermum

11 species

Lindelofia

11 species

Mimophytum

11 species

Decalepidanthus

9 species

Glandora

9 species

Moltkia

9 species

Paracynoglossum

9 species

Borago

8 species

Cerinthe

8 species

Bothriospermum

7 species

Caccinia

7 species

Buglossoides

6 species

Pardoglossum

6 species

Selkirkia

6 species

Aegonychon

5 species

Anoplocaryum

5 species

Iberodes

5 species

Nihon

5 species

Pseudoheterocaryum

5 species

Ehretia

4 species

Embadium

4 species

Lasiocaryum

4 species

Podonosma

4 species

Sinojohnstonia

4 species

Thyrocarpus

4 species

Afrotysonia

3 species

Andersonglossum

3 species

Brunnera

3 species

Gastrocotyle

3 species

Greeneocharis

3 species

Hormuzakia

3 species

Lithodora

3 species

Microparacaryum

3 species

Moritzia

3 species

Stephanocaryum

3 species

Actinocarya

2 species

Ailuroglossum

2 species

Anchusella

2 species

Asperugo

2 species

Cynoglossopsis

2 species

Cynoglottis

2 species

Eremocarya

2 species

Harpagonella

2 species

Heterocaryum

2 species

Huynhia

2 species

Lycopsis

2 species

Microcaryum

2 species

Omphalotrigonotis

2 species

Pentaglottis

2 species

Pseudolappula

2 species

Thaumatocaryon

2 species

Adelinia

1 species

Amsinckiopsis

1 species

Ancistrocarya

1 species

Antiotrema

1 species

Biorbia

1 species

Boraginella

1 species

Borraginites

1 species

Brachybotrys

1 species

Brandella

1 species

Calvarinus

1 species

Cerinthodes

1 species

Chionocharis

1 species

Cienkowskya

1 species

Cordioxylon

1 species

Crucicaryum

1 species

Dasynotus

1 species

Davisella

1 species

Ehretiaecarpum

1 species

Gyrocaryum

1 species

Halacsya

1 species

Heliotropites

1 species

Ivanjohnstonia

1 species

Lithospermites

1 species

Mairetis

1 species

Melanortocarya

1 species

Memoremea

1 species

Messerschmidia

1 species

Moltkiopsis

1 species

Myoporiphyllum

1 species

Myosotidium

1 species

Neatostema

1 species

Nesocaryum

1 species

Ogastemma

1 species

Omphalolappula

1 species

Oncaglossum

1 species

Paramoltkia

1 species

Pausias

1 species

Phyllocara

1 species

Pontechium

1 species

Prolithospermum

1 species

Simpsonanthus

1 species

Stenosolenium

1 species

Suchtelenia

1 species

Tianschaniella

1 species

Trachystemon

1 species