Family CN: Borage Family Family Code: BORAGI Family Parent: [in BORAGINALES] Family Authority: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Summary: A family of about 155 genera and ca. 3200 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, nearly cosmopolitan (Al-Shehbaz 1991). Reference: Nazaire & Hufford (2012); Ferguson (1998); Diane, Förther, & Hilger (2002); Hilger & Diane (2003); Al-Shehbaz (1991)=Z throughout the family; Wilson (1960a); Constance (1963). Key to genera based on RAB, C, and Z. [see also EHRETIACEAE, HELIOTROPIACEAE, HYDROLEACEAE, and HYDROPHYLLACEAE] Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1