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page 1Monotypic Boraginales genera

Asperugo procumbens
Asperugo procumbens, known as German madwort, is the single species in the monotypic plant genus Asperugo. This plant is native to Europe and temperate parts of Asia but has been introduced elsewhere by humans.
Microcaryum
Microcaryum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Microcaryum pygmaeum.
Cynoglossum grande
Adelinia grandis, previously known as Cynoglossum grande, is a species of flowering plant commonly known as '''hound's tongue in the borage family. It is the only species in the genus Adelinia'''.
Pentaglottis
Pentaglottis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. It is represented by a single species, Pentaglottis sempervirens, commonly known as green alkanet or evergreen bugloss, and it is one of several related plants known as alkanet. It is a bristly, perennial plant native to southwestern Europe, in northwest Iberia and France.
Myosotidium
Myosotidium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. This genus is represented by the single species Myosotidium hortensia, the Chatham Islands lily, giant forget-me-not or Chatham Islands forget-me-not, which is endemic to the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. In the Māori language, it is known by the name kopukapuka.
Trachystemon
Trachystemon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Trachystemon orientalis, commonly known as Abraham-Isaac-Jacob or early-flowering borage.
Gyrocaryum
Gyrocaryum is a genus of plant in family Boraginaceae. It contains a single species, Gyrocaryum oppositifolium, which is endemic to Spain. The genus and species were described by Spanish botanist Benito Valdés in 1983. It was considered to be extinct in Andalucía until a population was found in 2025.
Mairetis
Mairetis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It only contains one known species, Mairetis microsperma (Boiss.) I.M.Johnst.

Stenosolenium
Stenosolenium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Stenosolenium saxatile.
Neatostema
Neatostema is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Neatostema apulum.
Trigonocaryum
Trigonocaryum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It contains a single species, Trigonocaryum involucratum, which is endemic to the Caucasus.
Nogalia
Nogalia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Nogalia drepanophylla.
Draperia
Draperia is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae, which includes the single species Draperia systyla, known by the common name violet draperia. This small perennial wildflower is endemic to California, where it grows in woodlands and rocky slopes in high mountains. Its leaves, flowers, and fruits are hairy. The flowers are funnel-shaped and generally light pink to lavender in color.
Amblynotus
Amblynotus rupestris is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Amblynotus. It is a subshrub native to Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia, southern Siberia, and northern China.
Coldenia
Coldenia, named after C. Colden, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Coldeniaceae. It is the only genus in the family. , the sole accepted species is Coldenia procumbens.
Ancistrocarya
Ancistrocarya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Pontechium
Pontechium maculatum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pontechium. It is a biennial native to parts of Europe and western Asia, ranging from Poland and Austria through the Balkans and Ukraine to eastern European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
Moltkiopsis
Moltkiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Moltkiopsis ciliata.
Dasynotus
Dasynotus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae, it only contains one known species, Dasynotus daubenmirei I.M.Johnst..
Antiotrema
Antiotrema dunnianum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is the sole species in genus Antiotrema. It is a perennial native to southern China, ranging from southwestern Sichuan to western Guangxi.
Ogastemma
Ogastemma is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Ogastemma pusillum.
Ivanjohnstonia
Ivanjohnstonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The only species is Ivanjohnstonia jaunsariensis
Its native range is the Western Himalaya.
Brachybotrys
Brachybotrys is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. Its only species is Brachybotrys paridiformis.