Plantago africana

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Description

Genus Plantago

Annual or perennial , or mostly acaulescent herbs, sometimes an undershrub. Leaves usually all radical , sometimes cauline. Flowers hermaphrodite , dimorphic , polygamous, usually in many-flowered cylindrical spikes, rarely capitate. Calyx lobes subequal or 2 large and 2 small. Corolla tube cylindrical, sometimes contracted at the throat , usually equalling the calyx, sometimes exserted, lobes 4, equal, patent. Stamens 4, inserted at or above the middle of the corolla tube, often exserted. Ovary 2-locular or 3-4-locular with false free septa; locules with 1 to many ovules. Capsule membranous, circumscissile. Seeds usually peltate, testa thin, mucilaginous , albumen fleshy .

A cosmopolitan genus, with approximately 270 species, which is represented in Pakistan by nearly 20 species."Plantago". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Plantago

There are approximately 1458 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. abyssinica · P. acanthophylla · P. accedens · P. accrescens · P. achalensis · P. achalensis f. minor · P. achalensis var. hirtula · P. acutiloba · P. acutiloba var. acutiloba · P. acutiloba var. minor · P. adriatica · P. adspersa · P. adspersus · P. aegyptica · P. aff. pritzelii · P. affinis · P. afra · P. afra subsp. zwierleinii · P. afra var. obtusata · P. afra var. parviflora · P. afra zwierleinii · P. africana · P. agrestis · P. agrostophylla · P. aitchisonii · P. akkensis · P. alata · P. albicans · P. albicantiformis · P. albida · P. albiflora · P. algarbiensis · P. aliena · P. alismatifolia · P. alismatifolia f. supina · P. almogravensis · P. alopecura · P. alopecuroides · P. alopecurus · P. alpestris · P. alpina · P. alpina f. eriopoda · P. alpina incana · P. alpina subsp. incana · P. ambigua · P. amblodes · P. amblyacme · P. americana · P. amphibola · P. amplexicaule · P. amplexicaulis · P. amplexicaulis giacominii · P. amplexicaulis subsp. giacominii · P. anatolica · P. andicola · P. angustata · P. angustifolia · P. annua · P. antarctica · P. aquatica · P. aquatilis · P. arabica · P. arachnoidea · P. arachnoidea var. lorata · P. arachnoides · P. araucana · P. arborescens · P. arborescens maderensis · P. arborescens subsp. maderensis · P. archeri · P. arctica · P. arechavaletai · P. arenaria orientalis · P. arenaria subsp. orientalis · P. arenaria var. rossica · P. argentea · P. argentea liburnica · P. argentea subsp. liburnica · P. argentina · P. argentina var. glabra · P. argyraea (Salt-Meadow Plantain) · P. argyrea · P. argyrophylla · P. aristata (Bottlebrush Indianwheat) · P. aristata var. minuta · P. armerifolia · P. armeriifolia · P. arvensis · P. aschersonii · P. asiatica 'Ki Fu' · P. asiatica 'Variegata' · P. asiatica densiflora · P. asiatica erosa · P. asiatica f. yakusimensis · P. asiatica subsp. densiflora · P. asiatica subsp. erosa · P. asiatica var. coreana · P. asiatica var. sphaerocarpa · P. aspera · P. asperrima

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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Identifiers

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15738385
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:684831-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 684831-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2369689

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