; Bot. Reg. 3: ad t. 242 (1817), nom. cons.
12 genera, ca. 230 spp. mostly New World. Often included in Boraginaceae s. l.
= Eutocaceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 124 (1847)
= Hydrophylleae Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(3): 347 (1831)
= Hydrophyllinae Reveal; Phytoneuron 2012-33: 2 (2012)
= Hydrophyllineae Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 570 (1829)
= Hydrophylloideae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 1006, 1095, 1105 (1835)
= Phacelieae Benth. ex A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 312 (1875)
= Phaceliinae Reveal; Phytoneuron 2012-37: 218 (2012)
= Romanzoffieae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 26 (1829), Tribus
= Romanzoffiinae Reveal; Phytoneuron 2012-37: 218 (2012), Subtribus
= Sagoneaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 557 (1820)