Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Plantaginoideae is a member of the Family Plantaginaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Plantaginoideae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Lamianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Lamiales
Bromhead, 1838
- Family: Plantaginaceae
(kee-nor-RYE-num)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Plantaginoideae
- Family: Plantaginaceae
(kee-nor-RYE-num)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Lamiales
Bromhead, 1838
- Superorder: Lamianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Subfamily Plantaginoideae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Plantago
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,427 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subfamily Plantaginoideae.
Genera
Plantago
Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm (23.5 in) tall. The leaves are sessile, but have a narrow part near the stem which is a pseudo-petiole. They have three or five parallel veins that diverge in the wider part of the leaf. Leaves are broad or narrow, depending on the species. The inflorescences are borne on stalks typically 5?40 cm (2.25-15.75 in) tall, and can be a short cone or a long spike, with numerous tiny wind-pollinated flowers. [more]
At least 1,427 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Plantago.
More info about the Genus Plantago may be found here.
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