Hydrophylloideae is a subfamily of the
BoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
of flowering plants. Their taxonomic position is somewhat uncertain. Traditionally, and under the
Cronquist systemA system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's...
, they were given family rank under the name
Hydrophyllaceae, and treated as part of the
orderIn scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
SolanalesThe Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order....
. More recent systems have recognised their close relationship to the borage family,
BoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
, initially by placing Hydrophyllaceae and Boraginaceae together in an order
BoraginalesBoraginales is a valid taxonomic name at the rank of order for a group of flowering plants. When recognised, it is includes Boraginaceae and closely related asterid families....
, and most recently by demoting Hydrophyllaceae to a subfamily of Boraginaceae.
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Hydrophylloideae is a subfamily of the
BoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
of flowering plants. Their taxonomic position is somewhat uncertain. Traditionally, and under the
Cronquist systemA system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's...
, they were given family rank under the name
Hydrophyllaceae, and treated as part of the
orderIn scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
SolanalesThe Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order....
. More recent systems have recognised their close relationship to the borage family,
BoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, includes a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
, initially by placing Hydrophyllaceae and Boraginaceae together in an order
BoraginalesBoraginales is a valid taxonomic name at the rank of order for a group of flowering plants. When recognised, it is includes Boraginaceae and closely related asterid families....
, and most recently by demoting Hydrophyllaceae to a subfamily of Boraginaceae. However the placement and circumscription of Boraginaceae is still uncertain: it is unplaced at order level, and there is some prospect of it being split up again in future.
Plants in this subfamily may be annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, with either a prostrate or an erect stem. Most have a taproot. The flowers are bisexual, and normally radial, with 5 petals and 5 stamens. About 20 genera, containing around 300 species, are recognised; many of them are native to the western
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.
The subfamily takes its name from the genus
HydrophyllumHydrophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family which includes several herbaceous perennials native to North America. They include Hydrophyllum capitatum, the dwarf waterleaf or ballhead waterleaf. Its head is made of a series of five-petaled, five-stamened purple flowers...
(Waterleaf). Well known members include
EmmenantheEmmenanthe is a monotypic genus which contains only one species, Emmenanthe penduliflora, known by the common name whispering bells. This is a grassland wildflower found in the western United States. It is an annual plant with fleshy foliage which exudes a sticky juice with a light medicinal odor...
(Whispering Bells),
NemophilaNemophila is a genus found in the flowering plant family Hydrophyllaceae.Most of the species in Nemophila contain the phrase "baby blue-eyes" in their common names. N. menziesii has the common name of "Baby blue-eyes". N. parviflora is called the "Smallflower baby blue-eyes" and N. spatulata is...
(Baby Blue Eyes) and
PhaceliaPhacelia, the phacelias or scorpionweeds, is a large plant genus. It contains about 200 species of herbs, native of Western North America , Eastern USA and South America....
(Scorpionweed).
Genera
- Codon
- Draperia
- Ellisia
- Emmenanthe
Emmenanthe is a monotypic genus which contains only one species, Emmenanthe penduliflora, known by the common name whispering bells. This is a grassland wildflower found in the western United States. It is an annual plant with fleshy foliage which exudes a sticky juice with a light medicinal odor...
- Eriodictyon
Eriodictyon is a genus of plants within the Hydrophyllaceae family.It includes Yerba Santa , along with other similarly-named plants...
- Eucrypta
Eucrypta is a genus of flowering plants containing only two species. The genus name Eucrypta means "well-hidden", which refers to the seeds being "hidden" in the small green bristled fruits. The two species are known generally as hideseeds. They are both native to the southwestern United States...
- Hesperochiron
Hesperochiron is a small genus of plants in the waterleaf family containing two species native to western North America. These are thick-rooted perennial herbs growing in squat patches at ground level and producing bluish-white flowers with yellow throats...
- Hydrolea
- Hydrophyllum
Hydrophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family which includes several herbaceous perennials native to North America. They include Hydrophyllum capitatum, the dwarf waterleaf or ballhead waterleaf. Its head is made of a series of five-petaled, five-stamened purple flowers...
- Lemmonia
- Miltitzia
- Nama
Nama is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the family Hydrophyllaceae. Most are found in North America.The genus contains the following species:*Nama aretioides-- ground nama*Nama californicum-- California fiddleleaf...
- Nemophila
Nemophila is a genus found in the flowering plant family Hydrophyllaceae.Most of the species in Nemophila contain the phrase "baby blue-eyes" in their common names. N. menziesii has the common name of "Baby blue-eyes". N. parviflora is called the "Smallflower baby blue-eyes" and N. spatulata is...
- Nemophilla
- Phacelia
Phacelia, the phacelias or scorpionweeds, is a large plant genus. It contains about 200 species of herbs, native of Western North America , Eastern USA and South America....
- Pholistoma
- Romanzoffia
Romanzoffia is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family known as mistmaids or mistmaidens. There are 5 species which are native to western North America from California north to Alaska. Mistmaids may be annual or perennial and low patchy herbs to small bushes, depending on species...
- Tricardia
- Turricula
There are other meanings of Turricula----The Poodle-dog bush or Common turricula, Turricula parryi, is the only species currently classified in the genus Turricula, within the waterleaf subfamily, Hydrophylloideae...
- Wigandia
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