Taxonomic analysis of the family Boraginaceae in the “Flora of Uzbekistan”

K.P Ma,Svetlana Ovchinnikova,V.V Chepinoga,Komiljon Tojibaev,Dilorom Tajetdinova

doi:10.1051/bioconf/20213800095

Abstract

As a result of the studies, it was revealed that on the territory of Uzbekistan Heliotropiaceae family is represented by 2 genera and 15 species and Boraginaceae family is represented by 31 genera and 118 species, distributed in 10 tribes. The largest number of species is represented by the genera from the tribes Eritirchieae (31) and Cynoglosseae (25). Tribe Lithospermeae (21) is distinguished by specificity of the species composition. The most ancient tribes Boragineae (8), Echieae (3), Trichdesmeae (3) are represented by a small number of taxa.

Highlights

The studies were carried out as part of the «Flora of Uzbekistan» project, which represents a transition from the classical stage of the existence of botanical information, available in the form of herbarium collections and paper publications summarizing them, to the modern stage of electronic accumulation, processing and dissemination of information [1]
When conducting a critical revision of the species of the families Heliotropiaceae Schrad. and Boraginaceae Juss. for the volume of the “Flora of Uzbekistan”, an important stage of work was a taxonomic revision accoding to family classification in accordance with the latest data and original research of the authors
As a result of the studies, it was revealed that on the territory of Uzbekistan the families Heliotropiaceae and Boraginaceae are represented by 33 genera and 133 species, with two genera Borago and Eritrichium, and 11 species were first indicated for the flora of Uzbekistan [10]

Summary

Introduction

The studies were carried out as part of the «Flora of Uzbekistan» project, which represents a transition from the classical stage of the existence of botanical information, available in the form of herbarium collections and paper publications summarizing them, to the modern stage of electronic accumulation, processing and dissemination of information [1]. The Boraginaceae family includes 118 species and 31 genera, distributed in 10 tribes. The tribe Boragineae is represented by 4 genera and 8 species. The tribe Lithospermeae is represented in Uzbekistan by 6 genera and 21 species.

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