Myosotidium

Myosotidium hortensia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Omphalodeae
Genus: Myosotidium
Species (1): M. hortensia

Name

Myosotidium Hook., 1859

• Type species: Myosotidium hortensia (Decne.) Baill.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand Chatham Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1859. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXXV [= Vol. XV of the third series.] 5091–5156 pl. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 85: t. 5137.

Additional references

• Holstein, N., Chacón, J., Hilger, H.H. & M. Weigend 2016. No longer shipwrecked —Selkirkia (Boraginaceae) back on the mainland with generic rearrangements in South American Omphalodes based on molecular data. Phytotaxa 270(4): 231–251. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.270.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Myosotidium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Myosotidium. Published online. Accessed: Sep 26 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Myosotidium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sep 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Chatham Island Forget-me-not

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