Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Boraginaceae
Synonymy:
  • = Hydrophyllaceae
 Description

Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, less commonly shrubs. Stems and lvs commonly hispid, rarely glabrous. Lvs alternate, exstipulate, simple. Infl. often a scorpioid cyme; fls usually actinomorphic, sometimes somewhat zygomorphic. Calyx 5-toothed or 5-lobed; lobes usually imbricate. Corolla 5-lobed, rotate, cylindric, funnel-shaped or campanulate, commonly blue at anthesis (in introduced spp.); throat (apex of tube) often with 5 scales or invaginations, sometimes with only a rim or tuft of hairs. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla and alternating with lobes. Ovary superior, 2-, or 4-celled by false septa. Style usually gynobasic, occasionally terminal. Stigma simple or 2-lobed. Fr. usually of 2 or 4 nutlets, rarely a drupe. Seed usually non-endospermic, less often endospermic.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Number of species and named hybrids in New Zealand within Boraginaceae
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic): Extinct1
Indigenous (Endemic)46
Indigenous (Non-endemic)2
Exotic: Fully Naturalised22
Exotic: Casual11
Total82
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