Boraginaceae

Translingual

Borago officinalis

Etymology

From Borago +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Boraginaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Boraginales – borage family, which includes several well known genera.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Boraginales – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Boraginoideae, Cordioideae, Ehretioideae, Heliotropioideae, Hydrophylloideae, Lennooideae – subfamilies. See Boraginaceae on WikipediaWikipedia and Boraginaceae on WikispeciesWikispecies for genera.
  • Arnebia, Lappula, Tournefortia, Mertensia, Oreocarya, Cynoglossum, Hydrophyllum, Eriodictyon, Asperugo, Phacelia, Cordia, Nama, Sericostoma, Varronia – selected genera

References

• Boraginaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boraginaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Boraginaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Boraginaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Boraginaceae at the Catalogue of Life 
• Boraginaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Boraginaceae at APWeb