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Boraginaceae (borage)
Taxonomy
Boraginaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Polemoniales by Knowlton (1919); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1962), Chandler (1963) and Chandler (1964); to Lamiales by Mabberley (2000); and to Boraginales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Polemoniales by Knowlton (1919); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1962), Chandler (1963) and Chandler (1964); to Lamiales by Mabberley (2000); and to Boraginales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
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Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Boraginaceae de Jussieu 1789 [borage]
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G. Arnebia Forsskål 1775
G. Cordia Linnaeus 1753
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†Cordia apiculata Hollick 1892
†Cordia eocenica Berry 1916
†Cordia lowii Berry 1916
†Cordia tiliaefolia Braun 1845
G. †Cordioxylon Awasthi 1984
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†Cordioxylon multiseriatum Awasthi 1984
†Cordioxylon prototrichotoma Brea and Zucol 2006
G. Heliotropium Linnaeus 1753 [heliotrope]
G. Sericostoma Stocks
G. Trichodesma Brown
Invalid names: Codonaceae Weigend and Hilger [synonym], Ehretioideae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (38 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | Cordioxylon prototrichotoma (137303) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Nagano) | Ehretia sp. (22815) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Ehretia clausentia (22810) Ehretia ehretioides (21246) Ehretia lakensis (23398) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Cordia nagatoensis (24463 24465 24472 24474 24477 24481 24484) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Boraginaceae indet. (24109) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | Lithospermites glabrum (64545) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | Peru | Lithospermites glabrum (139872) | |
| Miocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Cordioxylon multiseriatum (224618) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Ehretia sp. (22796) | |
| Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cordia prealba (23401) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Ehretia sp. (22755) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Biorbia fossilia (18046) Biorbia fossilia, Prolithospermum johnstonii (79633) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Indiana) | Boraginaceae indet. (18320) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene | India (Haryana) | Boraginocarpus lakhanpalii (227852) | |
| Quaternary | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Heliotropium sp. (228882) | |
| Quaternary | India (Odisha) | Heliotropium sp. (228885 228913) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Boraginaceae indet., Sericostoma sp. (228811) Boraginaceae indet., Trichodesma sp. (228785) Heliotropium sp. (228812) Heliotropium sp., Arnebia sp. (228789) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | Boraginaceae indet. (228817) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Boraginaceae indet. (228760 228761 228776) | |
| Quaternary | India (Gujarat) | Heliotropium sp. (228851) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Heliotropium steudneri (22336) | |
| Holocene | India (Rajasthan) | Boraginaceae indet. (228790) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Boraginaceae indet. (228762) |