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Plantaginaceae - Plantain family
Lehmann, G. (1988) Plantaginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)
Description of the family
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves all in radical rosettes (in ours), without stipules. Inflorescence a spike, terminating a scape (in ours). Flowers small, inconspicuous, subtended by a bract, usually 4-merous, sessile. Corolla gamopetalous, scarious, 3-4 lobed. Ovary superior. Fruit a capsule. Worldwide: 3 genera and 275 species, cosmopolitan Zimbabwe: 12 cultivated genera and 18 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Achetaria Cham. & Schldtl. | Image |
| Angelonia Bonpl. | Description |
| Antirrhinum L. | Description, Image |
| Asarina Mill. | Description, Image |
| Bacopa Aubl. | Description |
| Cymbalaria Hill. | Description, Image |
| Digitalis L. | Description, Image |
| Hebe Comm. ex Juss. | Description, Image |
| Linaria Mill. | Description, Image |
| Penstemon Schmidel | Description |
| Russelia Jacq. | Description, Image |
| Veronica L. | Description |
Other sources of information about Plantaginaceae:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: PlantaginaceaeFlora of Burundi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of the DRC: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Malawi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Plantaginaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Zambia: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Plantaginaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PlantaginaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Plantaginaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Plantaginaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Plantaginaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Plantaginaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Plantaginaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Plantaginaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Plantaginaceae
Wikipedia: Plantaginaceae
Plants of the World Online: Plantaginaceae
Tropicos: Plantaginaceae
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