Genera within a family

Family: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

BORAGINACEAE (La)
Forget-me-not Family (Wf)

borāgo, burra, = rough hair, short wool; a shaggy garment, in reference to the roughness of the foliage.
(Ox)

ECHIOSTACHYS (G)
Bottlebrush Bugloss (Wf) Bottelborsel (Le)

ekhis, = a viper;
stachys, = ear of corn.
(in modern botany, 'spike')
(ECHIUM, = a genus of the Boraginaceae; i.e. a spike like ECHIUM (q.v.))
(LS, BL, M)

ECHIUM (G)
Bugloss (Le)

ekhis, = a viper.
('The allusion is doubtful; does the seed resemble a viper's head?')
(LS, J)

LOBOSTEMON (G)
Bush Bugloss (Wf) Agdaegeneesbos (Le)

lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear;
(capsule or pod)
stemon, = thread, the warp in the upright loom; a thread spun.
(in modern botany, stamen)
(filaments opposite to the corolla lobes)
(LS, BL, Le)

MYOSOTIS (G, La)
Forget-me-not (Le)

mys, myos, = mouse, of a mouse;
ous, otis, = an ear.
(shape of leaves)
(LS, Le)

AMSINCKIA

For Wilhelm Amsinck (1752 – 1831),** German businessman, senator and first Bügemeister of Hamburg and President of the Senate, patron of botany and the Botanical Garden in Hamburg.
(Ch)