Boraginaceae

Genera 116 Accepted species 2,127 Documented here 475 Coverage 22%

We document 475 of the 2,127 accepted species in Boraginaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 71 of 116

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Myosotis 48 162
Echium 37 73
Cryptantha 30 113
Lithospermum 30 80
Oreocarya 27 67
Lobostemon 25 31
Hackelia 21 54
Plagiobothrys 21 69
Mertensia 19 50
Cynoglossum 17 81
Onosma 15 278
Anchusa 13 42
Pulmonaria 13 28
Amsinckia 11 16
Pectocarya 11 13
Symphytum 11 36
Trichodesma 10 40
Johnstonella 8 17
Eritrichium 6 80
Solenanthus 6 28
Nonea 5 47
Trigonotis 5 67
Alkanna 4 69
Arnebia 4 42
Cerinthe 4 6
Glandora 4 8
Lappula 4 90
Andersonglossum 3 3
Bothriospermum 3 7
Buglossoides 3 6
Moltkia 3 10
Omphalodes 3 10
Adelocaryum 2 5
Aegonychon 2 5
Amblynotus 2 2
Antiphytum 2 13
Borago 2 5
Brunnera 2 3
Echiostachys 2 3
Eremocarya 2 2
Harpagonella 2 2
Lithodora 2 5
Mimophytum 2 10
Rindera 2 30
Adelinia 1 1
Afrotysonia 1 3
Amsinckiopsis 1 1
Asperugo 1 1
Brachybotrys 1 1
Craniospermum 1 5
Cynoglottis 1 2
Echiochilon 1 16
Gastrocotyle 1 3
Greeneocharis 1 2
Iberodes 1 5
Lindelofia 1 10
Memoremea 1 1
Moritzia 1 3
Myosotidium 1 2
Neatostema 1 1
Nihon 1 5
Oncaglossum 1 1
Pardoglossum 1 1
Pentaglottis 1 1
Podonosma 1 4
Pontechium 1 1
Selkirkia 1 5
Simpsonanthus 1 1
Sonnea 1 2
Thyrocarpus 1 2
Trachystemon 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 45 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.