@article {buys_boraginaceae_2003, title = {Boraginaceae cymes are exclusively scorpioid and not helicoid}, journal = {Taxon}, volume = {52}, number = {4}, year = {2003}, pages = {719{\textendash}724}, abstract = {
Boraginaceae have erroneously been associated with helicoid cymes, when upon closer inspection they exclusively possess scorpioid cymes (cincinni). A discussion of the inflorescence structure in Boraginaceae is presented with the help of an over-view of monochasial branching systems and a three-dimensional representation thereof Reasons for the incorrect description of Boraginaceae inflorescences are also provided
}, author = {Buys, M. and HH Hilger} }