Boraginaceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q26568
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Summary

Boraginaceae is a taxon[1]. Boraginaceae ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,374 views/month, #1,451 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lamiales[4], euasterids I[5], Tubiflorae[6], Polemoniales[7], Solanales[8], lamiids[9], Boraginales[10], Boraginineae[11]
  • Taxon name: Boraginaceae[12]
  • Commons category: Boraginaceae[13]
  • Taxonomic type: Borago[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boraginaceae[15]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
  • Taxon synonym: Hoplestigmataceae[19], Cordiaceae[20], Heliotropiaceae[21], Wellstediaceae[22], Codonaceae[23], Lennoaceae[24], Ehretiaceae[25]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=160[26]
  • Taxon common name: 지치과[27], 紫草科[28], srhkolistovke[29]
  • Has fruit type: drupe[30]

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Identifiers

Boraginaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48150[31]. Boraginaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 21571[32]. Boraginaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4301[33]. Boraginaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498[34]. Boraginaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 31633[35].

Why It Matters

Boraginaceae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Boraginaceae is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · LeoGe25 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sernec taxon id → 5366
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Sernec taxon id: 5366, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/319874184|Boraginaceae (#319874184)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8373|SERNEC taxon]] #mix'n"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12836685-n
    Interlingual index id → i104153
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → Fo6JP
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 21w 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
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 14817, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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