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

	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:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	26.3%
◕	Synonym	9	47.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	26.3%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid

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: