The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Borago

The genus Borago is in the family Boraginaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Borago

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Borago constantinopolitana Hill Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago inflata Salisb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago longifolia Poir. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago macranthera Sol. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago morisiana Bigazzi & Ricceri Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago officinalis L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago pygmaea (DC.) Chater & Greuter Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago spinulosa Roxb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago trabutii Maire Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Borago tristis G.Forst. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 17 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Borago. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Borago. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 17 species names for the genus Borago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 29.4%
Synonym 7 41.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 29.4%

All names

The status of the 19 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Borago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 26.3%
Synonym 9 47.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 26.3%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 17 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Borago, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 1 0 0 1 5.9%
Medium confidence 5 6 0 0 11 64.7%
Low confidence 0 0 0 5 5 29.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Borago is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP 0 1 0 0 0 1 5.9%
WCSP (in review) 5 6 0 5 0 16 94.1%