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Boraginaceae

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Boraginaceae

Summary

Boraginaceae is a taxon[1]. Boraginaceae ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,082 views/month, #1,451 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boraginaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Boraginaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Boraginaceae is classified within Lamiales[5].
  • Boraginaceae is classified within euasterids I[6].
  • Boraginaceae belongs to the parent taxon Tubiflorae[7].
  • Boraginaceae is classified within Polemoniales[8].
  • Boraginaceae is classified within Solanales[9].
  • Boraginaceae belongs to the parent taxon lamiids[10].
  • Boraginaceae is classified within Boraginales[11].
  • Boraginaceae belongs to the parent taxon Boraginineae[12].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Boraginaceae is Boraginaceae[13].
  • Boraginaceae's Commons category is recorded as Boraginaceae[14].
  • The taxonomic type of Boraginaceae is Borago[15].
  • Boraginaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boraginaceae[16].
  • Boraginaceae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • Boraginaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2)[18].
  • Boraginaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Hoplestigmataceae[20].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Cordiaceae[21].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Heliotropiaceae[22].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Wellstediaceae[23].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Codonaceae[24].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Lennoaceae[25].
  • Boraginaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Ehretiaceae[26].
  • Boraginaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=160[27].

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Classification

Boraginaceae's scientific name is Boraginaceae[13]. Boraginaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Lamiales[5], euasterids I[6], Tubiflorae[7], Polemoniales[8], Solanales[9], and lamiids[10]. The taxonomic type of Boraginaceae is Borago[15]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '지치과'}[28], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫草科'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫草科'}[30], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'srhkolistovke'}[31].

Identifiers

Boraginaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48150[32]. Boraginaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 21571[33]. Boraginaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4301[34]. Boraginaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498[35]. Boraginaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 31633[36].

Why It Matters

Boraginaceae ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,082 views/month, #1,451 of 195,241).[2] Boraginaceae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Boraginaceae is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Reveal System of Classification. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [34] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2). wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Lamiales, euasterids I, Tubiflorae +5
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Taxonomic type → Borago
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