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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
Borago longifolia Poir.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Borago morisiana Bigazzi & Ricceri	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Borago officinalis L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Borago pygmaea (DC.) Chater & Greuter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Borago trabutii Maire	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 24 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Borago. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 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 24 species names for the genus Borago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	20.8%
◕	Synonym	13	54.2%
◕	Unplaced	2	8.3%
◕	Unassessed	4	16.7%

All names

The status of the 25 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Borago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	20.0%
◕	Synonym	14	56.0%
◕	Unplaced	2	8.0%
◕	Unassessed	4	16.0%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 24 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	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	5	7	0	0	12	50.0%
	Low confidence	0	6	2	4	12	50.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Borago, are as follows: