Borago officinalis Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 137. 1753.

"Habitat hodie in Normannia ad Colbeck & alibi in Europa; venit olim ex Aleppo." RCN: 1106.

Lectotype (Edmondson in Davis, Fl. Turkey 6: 435. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 188.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Borago Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 128. 1929).

Current name: Borago officinalis L. ( Boraginaceae).