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Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borago, borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genus, genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order Boraginales within the asterids. Under the older Cronquist system, it was included in the Lamiales, but clearly is no more similar to the other families in this order than it is to families in several other asterid orders. A revision of the Boraginales, also from 2016, split the Boraginaceae into 11 distinct families: Boraginaceae ''sensu stricto'', Codonaceae, Coldeniaceae, Cordiaceae, Ehretiaceae, Heliotropiaceae, Hoplestigmataceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Lennoaceae, Namaceae, and Wellstediaceae. These plants have alternately arranged leaves, or a combination of alternate and opposite leaves. The leaf blades usually have a narrow shape; many are linear or lance-shaped. They are smooth-edged or toothed, and some have petiole (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boraginales
Boraginales is an order of flowering plants in the asterid clade, with a total of about 125 genera and 2,700 species. Different taxonomic treatments either include only a single family, the Boraginaceae, or divide it into up to eleven families. Its herbs, shrubs, trees and lianas (vines) have a worldwide distribution. Taxonomy History The classification of plants now known as Boraginales dates to the ''Genera plantarum'' (1789) when Antoine Laurent de Jussieu named a group of plants Boragineae, to include the genus '' Borago'', now the type genus. However, since the first valid description was by Friedrich von Berchtold and Jan Svatopluk Presl (1820), the botanical authority is given as Juss. ''ex'' Bercht. & J.Presl, ''ex'' (Latin, meaning "out of", "from") indicating the prior authority of Jussieu. Lindley (1853) changed the name to the modern Boraginaceae. Jussieu divided the Boragineae into five groups. Since then Boraginaceae has been treated either as a large fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boraginoideae
Boraginoideae is a subfamily of the plant family Boraginaceae ', with about 42 genera. That family is defined in a much broader sense (Boraginaceae ') in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) system of classification for flowering plants. The APG has not specified any subfamilial structure within Boraginaceae ''s.l.'' Taxonomy Some taxonomists placed the genera ''Codon'' and '' Wellstedia'' in Boraginoideae. Others place one or both of these in separate, monogeneric subfamilies. ''Codon'' was long regarded as an odd member of Hydrophylloideae, but in 1998, a molecular phylogenetic study suggested that it is closer to Boraginoideae. Neither is included n more modern classifications. Some authors proposed a revision of earlier APG systems, in which Boraginaceae had been included as an unplaced family (i.e. not included in a specified order) within the lamiid clade of eudicots. In that system. Boraginaceae was defined broadly (Boraginaceae ''sensu lato'' or ''s.l.''). Instead t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrophylloideae
Hydrophylloideae is a subfamily of the plant family Boraginaceae. Its taxonomic position is somewhat uncertain. Traditionally, and under the Cronquist system, the taxon was given family rank under the name Hydrophyllaceae, and treated as part of the order Solanales. More recent systems have recognised a close relationship to the borage family, Boraginaceae, initially by placing Hydrophyllaceae and Boraginaceae together in an order Boraginales, and in the 2016 APG IV system by including Hydrophyllaceae in Boraginaceae. However, the placement and circumscription of Boraginaceae is still uncertain. Some sources now split off Hydrophyllaceae again (together with Namaceae). Plants in this subfamily may be annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, with either a prostrate or an erect stem. Most have a taproot. The flowers are bisexual, and normally radial, with 5 petals and 5 stamens. About 20 genera, containing around 300 species, are recognised; many of them are native to the western U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forget-me-not
''Myosotis'' ( ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. The name comes from the Ancient Greek "mouse's ear", which the foliage is thought to resemble. In the Northern Hemisphere, they are colloquially known as forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses. '' Myosotis alpestris'' is the official flower of Alaska and Dalsland, Sweden. Plants of the genus are not to be confused with Chatham Islands' forget-me-nots, which belong to the related genus '' Myosotidium''. Description The genus was originally described by Carl Linnaeus. The type species is '' Myosotis scorpioides''. ''Myosotis'' species are annual or perennial, herbaceous, flowering plants with penta merous actinomorphic flowers with five sepals and petals. Flowers are typically in diameter or less, flatly faced, coloured typically blue, but sometimes pink, white or yellow with yellow centres and borne on scorpioid cymes. Their foliage is alternate, and their roots are generally diffuse. They typically flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplestigmataceae
''Hoplestigma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, although this is disputed, and it has been placed in its own family Hoplestigmataceae. Its two species are native to Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast and Liberia in western tropical Africa. Taxonomy The genus ''Hoplestigma'' was established by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1899. The genus name ''Hoplestigma'' is derived from the Greek , "a hoof or a cloven hoof" and ''stigma'', "a flower stigma". The botanical name is a reference to the deeply bifid style. The family placement of the genus has varied. It was traditionally included in Boraginaceae ''sensu lato'', as it was in the APG IV system, and by Plants of the World Online . A study of pollen in 1989 suggested that ''Hoplestigma'' might be related to the family Ehretiaceae (= Boraginaceae subfamily Ehretioideae). In a 2014 molecular phylogenetic study based on chloroplast DNA, ''Hoplestigma'' formed a strongly supported clade with '' Coldenia'' and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borago
''Borago'', or borage, is a genus of five species of herbs native to the Mediterranean, with one species, ''Borago officinalis'', cultivated and naturalized throughout the world. Uses ''Borago officinalis'' is used medicinal herb, medicinally, in companion planting, in cooking, and as an oilseed. Cooked stalks are sometimes eaten as a vegetable. The large, hairy leaf, leaves taste mildly of cucumber, and star-shaped purple-blue flowers are prized for their flavour. The leaves are often added to teas and salads, and the flowers have been added to wine (Borage has had a reputation to give one courage since Roman times). The flowers are highly attractive to bees. The hairs covering the plant are said to repel herbivores. Description Borages are annual plant, annual or perennial herbaceous plants with alternate leaves and long-stalked flowers. The inflorescences are branched scorpioid cymes, i.e. subsequent flowers are oriented in a curve, as in the tail of the scorpion. The flowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordioideae
Cordioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Genera * '' Coldenia'' L. * ''Cordia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while may ...'' L. * '' Saccellium'' Humb. & Bonpl. References Asterid subfamilies {{Boraginaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehretioideae
Ehretioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Genera * '' Bourreria'' P.Browne * '' Cortesia'' Cav. * '' Ehretia'' P.Browne * '' Halgania'' Gaudich. * ''Ixorhea'' Fenzl * '' Lepidocordia'' Ducke * '' Menais'' Loefl. * '' Patagonula'' L. * ''Rochefortia'' Sw. * '' Rotula'' Lour. * ''Tiquilia'' Pers. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (31 December 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycological taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in Cape Colony at the Cape of Good Hope, the thi ... References Asterid subfamilies {{boraginaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliotropiaceae
Heliotropiaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants with approximately 450 species worldwide, though it is concentrated especially in the tropics and subtropics. The following are the four genera in the family: * ''Heliotropium (''incl. ''Tournefortia'' L.) * '' Euploca'' Nutt. * '' Ixorhea'' Fenzl * '' Myriopus'' Small ''Ixorhea'' is sister to ''Euploca'' and ''Myriopus''. Together they form a clade sister to ''Heliotropium'', which comprises four major clades: ''Heliotropium'' sect. ''Heliothamnus'' I.M.Johnst., Old World ''Heliotropium'', ''Heliotropium'' sect. ''Cochranea'' (Miers) Post & Kuntze, and the ''Tournefortia''-clade, the latter comprising ''Tournefortia'' sect. ''Tournefortia'' and all remaining New World species of ''Heliotropium''. History Prior to a 2016 revision, Heliotropiaceae were considered a subfamily of the Boraginaceae: Heliotropioideae. Even before that, however, there was already some indication in the field that Heliotropiaceae deserved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehretiaceae
Ehretioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Genera * '' Bourreria'' P.Browne * '' Cortesia'' Cav. * '' Ehretia'' P.Browne * '' Halgania'' Gaudich. * '' Ixorhea'' Fenzl * '' Lepidocordia'' Ducke * '' Menais'' Loefl. * '' Patagonula'' L. * '' Rochefortia'' Sw. * '' Rotula'' Lour. * ''Tiquilia ''Tiquilia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. The 28 species in this genus are known by the common name crinklemat. They are native to the Western Hemisphere and are mostly found in desert regions. Species 28 sp ...'' Pers. References Asterid subfamilies {{boraginaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordiaceae
Cordioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Genera * '' Coldenia'' L. * ''Cordia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while may ...'' L. * '' Saccellium'' Humb. & Bonpl. References Asterid subfamilies {{Boraginaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coldeniaceae
''Coldenia'', named after C. Colden, is a monotypic genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the borage family, Boraginaceae ''sensu lato''. It was assigned to the subfamily Ehretioideae, but molecular data revealed it to be more closely related to the genus ''Cordia'', so that other authors placed in Cordioideae. Subsequently, it was placed in its own family, Coldeniaceae, within the Boraginales order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ..., by the Boraginales Working Group. The sole species is ''Coldenia procumbens''. References Bibliography * Cordioideae Monotypic Boraginales genera Boraginaceae genera {{Boraginaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
