Familial classification of the Boraginales

2016/06/01 by Federico Luebert, Lorenzo Cecchi, Michael W. Frohlich +17 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Plant and animal studies #Monophyly #Biology #Circumscription #Phylogenetic tree #Taxonomy (biology) #Evolutionary biology #Key (lock) #Boraginaceae #Zoology #Clade #Botany #Ecology #Artificial intelligence #Genetics #Computer science

paper · doi:10.12705/653.5

openalex publication_date 2016/06/01 · openalex created_date 2016/07/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/02

Abstract

Abstract The Boraginales are now universally accepted as monophyletic and firmly placed in Lamiidae. However, a consensus about familial classification has remained elusive, with some advocating recognition of a single, widely variable family, and others proposing recognition of several distinct families. A consensus classification is proposed here, based on recent molecular phylogenetic studies, morphological characters, and taking nomenclatural stability into consideration. We suggest the recognition of eleven, morphologically well‐defined and clearly monophyletic families, namely the Boraginaceae s.str., Codonaceae, Coldeniaceae fam. nov., Cordiaceae, Ehretiaceae, Heliotropiaceae, Hoplestigmataceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Lennoaceae, Namaceae, and Wellstediaceae. Descriptions, synonomy, a taxonomic key, and a list of genera for these eleven families are provided, including the new family Coldeniaceae (monogeneric) and Namaceae (segregated from Hydrophyllaceae and comprising Nama, Eriodictyon, Turricula , and Wigandia ), the latter necessitating a revised circumscription of a more morphologically coherent Hydrophyllaceae.

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