Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-notfamily, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution.
Mertensia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are perennial herbaceous plants with blue or sometimes white flowers that open from pink-tinged buds. Such a change in flower color is common in Boraginaceae and is caused by an increase of pH in the flower tissue. Mertensia is one of several plants that are commonly called "bluebell". In spite of their common name, the flowers are usually salverform (trumpet-shaped) rather than campanulate (bell-shaped).
Boraginales is an order of flowering plants in the asterid clade. It includes the Boraginaceae and a number of other families, with a total of about 125 genera and 2,700 species. Its herbs, shrubs, trees and lianas (vines) have a worldwide distribution.
Euplassa is a genus of flowering plants in the protea family. It is native to tropical South America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
I. M. Johnston, was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University. His plant collections are housed in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, in Claremont, and also in the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University.
Harpagonella is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family. They are known as the grappling-hooks, because of the appearance and function of their fruits. The strange fruits are two small nutlets enclosed in a burlike calyx, which is armed with numerous spines covered in minute, hooked barbs. These diminutive, annual plants are found in sandy, clayey, and gravelly soils, and have small white flowers. This genus is native to North America, and is found in southern California, southern Arizona, northern Sonora, and the Baja California peninsula.
Boraginoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae s.s, with about 42 genera. That family is defined in a much broader sense in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) system of classification for flowering plants. The APG has not specified any subfamilial structure within Boraginaceae s.l.
Joachim Godske von Moltke was the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 to 1818. He was also father of Prime Minister Adam Wilhelm Moltke and the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke.
Trigonotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Thaumatocaryon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Antiphytum, commonly known as saucerflower, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Chionocharis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Johnstonella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Echiochilon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Maharanga is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Mairetis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It only contains one known species, Mairetis microsperma(Boiss.) I.M.Johnst.
Lasiocaryum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Moltkiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Moltkiopsis ciliata.
Neatostema is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Neatostema apulum.
Myosotis spatulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Georg Forster described the species in 1786. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.
