Checklist: Boraginaceae

BORAGINACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Martins, E.S. (1990) Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4)  
Taton, A. (1971) Boraginaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
MYOSOTIS L. 
Myosotis abyssinica Boiss. & Reut.
Myosotis aequinoctialis Baker
Myosotis hispida K. Koch var. bracteata A.Rich.
  
EUPLOCA Nutt. 
Euploca strigosa (Willd.) Diane & Hilger
Heliotropium constrictum Kaplan
Heliotropium longifolium Klotzsch
Heliotropium pygmaeum Klotzsch
Heliotropium strigosum Willd.
  
7038.000 CORDIA L. 
Cordia africana Lam.
Cordia abyssinica R. Br. ex A. Rich.
Cordia holstii Gürke ex Engl.
Cordia unyorensis Stapf
Gerascanthus africanus (Lam.) Borhidi
Gerascanthus holstii (Gürke ex Engl.) M.Kuhlm. & Mattos
Cordia senegalensis Juss. ex Poir.
  
7043.000 EHRETIA P. Browne 
Ehretia cymosa Thonn. ex Schumach.
var. divaricata (Baker) Brenan
Ehretia cymosa Thonn.
var. cymosa
Trichodesma physaloides (Fenzl) A. DC.
Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br.
Borago zeylanica Burm. f.
  
7064.000 CYNOGLOSSUM L. 
Cynoglossum amplifolium Hochst. ex A. DC.
Cynoglossum coeruleum A. DC.
subsp. johnstonii (Baker) Verdc. var. mannii (Baker & C.H. Wright) Verdc.
Cynoglossum geometricum Baker & C.H. Wright
Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk.
Cynoglossum micranthum Desf.
Paracynoglossum lanceolatum (Forssk.) R.R. Mill.
  
7109.000 LITHOSPERMUM L. 
Lithospermum afromontanum Weim.

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