Common Names
Common Names in English:
Baby Blue Eyes, Baby Blue-Eyes
Description
Family Boraginaceae
Herbs perennial
, biennial, or annual
, less often lianas, shrubs
, or trees
, usually bristly
or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple
, exstipulate
, alternate, rarely opposite, entire
or serrate at margin
. Inflorescences often double
scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual
, actinomorphic
, rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed
, mostly persistent
. Corolla tubular
, campanulate
, rotate, funnelform
, or salverform
; tube
appendages
5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring
of hairs
present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes
overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted
on corolla tube or rarely at throat
, included
or rarely exserted; anthers
introrse
, 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed
at base
, less often medifixed
, dehiscence longitudinal
. Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous
, semianatropous, or anatropous
. Style
terminal
or gynobasic
, branched or not. Gynobase
flat, fastigiate
, or subulate
. Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets
(mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles
with barbed
or anchorlike tips
) . Seeds vertical
or oblique
, coat
membranous; embryo straight, less often curved
; cotyledons flat, fleshy
.
About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate
and tropical regions
, centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Biology
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
radiatopses
()
- kenrick & crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Solananae
()
- R. Dahlgren ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Boraginales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Boraginaceae
()
- Adans., 1763, nom. cons.
- Borage Family
- Subfamily:
Hydrophylloideae
()
- Tribe:
Hydrophylleae
()
- Genus:
Nemophila
()
- Nuttall, 1822, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
menziesii
- Hook. & Arn.
- Variety:
menziesii
- Botanical name: - Nemophila menziesii Hook. & Arn.
- Variety:
menziesii
- Specific epithet:
menziesii
- Hook. & Arn.
- Genus:
Nemophila
(
- Tribe:
Hydrophylleae
(
- Subfamily:
Hydrophylloideae
(
- Family:
Boraginaceae
(
- Order:
Boraginales
(
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Place of publication
: Bot. Beechey Voy. 152. 1833
Name
verified on 27-Apr-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jun-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nemophila
There are approximately 150 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
N. alata · N. aphylla (Small-Flower Baby-Blue-Eyes) · N. arizonica · N. atomaria · N. auriculaeflora · N. aurita · N. aurita var. arizonica · N. austinae · N. bakeri · N. brandegei · N. breviflora (Baby Blueeyes) · N. coelestis · N. congdoni · N. congdonii · N. crambeoides · N. decumbens · N. densa · N. discoidalis · N. divaricata · N. diversifolia · N. eriocarpa · N. erodiifolia · N. erosa · N. evanescens · N. evermanni · N. exigua · N. exilis · N. exilis var. pulchella · N. explicata · N. fallax · N. flaccida · N. fremontii · N. glauca · N. gracilis · N. heterophylla (Small Baby Blue Eyes) · N. heterophylla subvar. tenera · N. heterophylla var. eu-heterophylla · N. heterophylla var. flaccida · N. heterophylla var. nemorensis · N. hirsuta · N. hispida · N. humifusa · N. humilis · N. inaequalis · N. inconspicua · N. insignis · N. insignis var. atomaria · N. insignis var. intermedia · N. insignis var. menziesii · N. insularis · N. integrifolia · N. intermedia · N. johnsonii · N. kelloggii · N. kirtleyi (Kirtley's Nemophila) · N. liniflora · N. macrocarpa · N. macrophylla · N. maculata (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. maculata var. concolor (Fivespot) · N. membranacea · N. menziesii (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii 'Discoidalis' · N. menziesii 'Penny Black' (Black Eyes Nemophila Menziesii Penny Black Baby) · N. menziesii atomaria (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii atomaria var. atomaria · N. menziesii australis (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii f. arenaria · N. menziesii f. umbrosa · N. menziesii insignis · N. menziesii integrifolia (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii liniflora · N. menziesii subsp. insignis · N. menziesii subsp. liniflora · N. menziesii subvar. acaulis · N. menziesii var. anulata · N. menziesii var. atomaria (White Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii var. brandegeei · N. menziesii var. eu-atomaria · N. menziesii var. integrifolia (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii var. liniflora · N. menziesii var. macrocarpa · N. menziesii var. menziesii · N. menziesii var. menziesii Hook. & Arn. (Baby Blue Eyes) · N. menziesii var. minima · N. menziesii var. minor · N. menziesii var. minutiflora · N. menziesii var. typica · N. menziessii · N. micrantha · N. minutiflora · N. modesta · N. mucronata · N. nana · N. nemarosa · N. nemorensis · N. nemorensis var. glauca · N. nemorensis var. gracilis · N. nemorensis var. typica · N. nevadensis
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 29, 2007.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 04, 2008)
Identifiers
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 529266
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) NomenNumber: 316759
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDHYD0B063
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 168107
