Plantaginaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Plantain Family.
As radically recircumscribed, a family of about 100-120 genera and 1800-1900 species, herbs and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan.
References: Albach, Meudt, & Oxelman (2005); Fischer In Kadereit (2004); Freeman, Rabeler, & Elisens (2019c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019); Olmstead et al. (2001); Schwarzbach In Kadereit (2004); Wunderlin et al. (2024). Show full citations.
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© Richard & Teresa Ware | Plantago CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Gratiola | Original Image ⭷
© Will Stuart | Penstemon | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Plantago | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Plantago | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Sophronanthe pilosa CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Plantago | Original Image ⭷
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© Bruce A. Sorrie | Sophronanthe | Original Image ⭷
© Erik Danielson | Plantago source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Plantago | Original Image ⭷
© Aaron Carlson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Aaron Carlson | Gratiola source | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Chelone | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Veronica CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Veronica | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Antirrhinum | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Bacopa | Original Image ⭷
© John Gwaltney | Callitriche | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce Sorrie | Callitriche | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Collinsia CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Cymbalaria muralis | Original Image ⭷
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© Paul Marcum | Leucospora multifida source | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Linaria | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Scoparia dulcis | Original Image ⭷
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