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.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
()
- Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Genus:
Plantago
()
- Linn., Sp. P1. 112. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 52. 1754.
- Plantain
- Specific epithet:
rigida
- Hort. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Botanical name: - Plantago rigida Hort. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Specific epithet:
rigida
- Hort. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Genus:
Plantago
(
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Plantago
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 748 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. abyssinica · P. acanthophylla · P. accedens · P. accrescens · P. achalensis · P. acutiloba · P. adriatica · P. adspersa · P. adspersus · P. aegyptica · P. aff. pritzelii · P. affinis · P. afra (African Plantain) · P. afra subsp. zwierleinii · P. afra var. obtusata · P. afra var. parviflora · 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. almogravensis · P. alopecurus · P. alpestris · P. alpina · P. altissima · P. ambigua · P. amblodes · P. amblyacme · P. americana · P. amphibola · P. amplexicaule · P. amplexicaulis · P. anatolica · P. angustata · P. angustifolia · P. annua · P. antarctica · P. aquatica · P. aquatilis · P. arabica · P. arachnoidea · P. arachnoides · P. araucana · P. arborescens · P. arborescens maderensis · P. arborescens subsp. maderensis · P. archeri · P. arctica · P. arechavaletai · P. arenaria · P. arenaria subsp. orientalis · P. argentea · P. argentea subsp. liburnica · P. argentina · P. argyraea (Salt-Meadow Plantain) · P. argyrea · P. argyrophylla · P. aristata (Large-Bracted Plantain Plantago Aristata) · P. aristata nuttallii · P. aristata var. minuta · P. armerifolia · P. armeriifolia · P. arvensis · P. aschersonii · P. asiatica · P. asiatica 'Ki Fu' · P. asiatica 'Variegata' · P. aspera · P. asperrima · P. asphodeloides · P. asplundii · P. assoana · P. atlantica · P. atrata · P. atrata atrata · P. atrata discolor · P. atrata subsp. discolor · P. atrofusca · P. attenuata · P. aucklandica · P. aundensis · P. australis (Mexican Plantain) · P. australis cumingiana · P. australis subsp. pflanzii · P. australis subnuda (Mexican Plantain) · P. australis subsp. angustifolia · P. australis subsp. cumingiana · P. australis subsp. hirtella (Mexican Indianwheat) · P. australis subsp. leioloma · P. australis subsp. oreades · P. australis subsp. pflanzii
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 15, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10903593
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15738966
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685596-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 685596-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2072391
Footnotes
- "Plantago". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
