Famille appartenant à l’ordre des lamiales et composée d’une cinquantaine de genres :

 Alkanna Tausch — alkanna
 Amsinckia Lehm. — fiddleneck, fiddleneck spp.
 Anchusa L. — bugloss
 Antiphytum DC. & Meisn. — saucerflower
 Argusia Boehmer — sea rosemary
 Asperugo L. — German-madwort, madwort
 Batschia
 Borago L. — borage
 Bothriospermum Bunge — bothriospermum
 Bourreria P. Br. — strongback, strongbark
 Brunnera C. Steven — brunnera
 Buglossoides Moench — buglossoides
 Carmona Cav. — scorpionbush
 Cerinthe L. — cerinthe
 Coldenia
 Cordia L. — cordia
 Cryptantha Lehm. ex G. Don — cryptantha, cryptantha species
 Cynoglossum L. — hound’s tongue, hound’stongue
 Dasynotus I.M. Johnston — whitethroat
 Echium L. — echium, vipersbugloss
 Ehretia P. Br. — ehretia
 Eritrichium Schrad. ex Gaudin — alpine forget-me-not
 Hackelia Opiz — stickseed
 Harpagonella Gray — grapplinghook, harpagonella
 Heliotropium L. — heliotrope
 Lappula Moench — stickseed
 Lithospermum L. — stoneseed
 Lycopsis
 Macromeria D. Don — giant-trumpets, macromeria
 Mertensia
 Mertensia Roth — bluebells
 Myosotis L. — forget me not, forget-me-not
 Nonea Medik. — monkswort
 Omphalodes P. Mill. — navelwort, omphalodes
 Onosma L. — onosma
 Onosmodium Michx. — marbleseed, onosmodium
 Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn. — combbur, combseed, pectocarya - Pentaglottis Tausch — pentaglottis
 Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A. Mey. — popcorn-flower, popcornflower
 Pulmonaria L. — lungwort
 Rochefortia Sw. — rochefortia
 Symphytum L. — comfrey
 Tiquilia Pers. — coldenia, crinklemat, tiquilia
 Tournefortia L. — soldierbush, tournefortia
 Trigonotis Stev. — trigonotis