Plantaginaceae
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JANAS 32(1)
PLANT: Annual or perennial herbs, acaulescent or short-stemmed. LEAVES: spirally arranged, usually all basal, estipulate, the venation parallel. INFLORESCENCE: pedunculate, bracteate spikes. FLOWERS: sympetalous, regular, perfect or imperfect; sepals 4, distinct and overlapping; corolla scarious, 4-lobed; stamens 4, adnate to corolla, alternating with the lobes; ovary superior, of 2 fused carpels, with 2 locules, the placentation axile; style 1; stigma 2-lobed. FRUIT: a circumscissile capsule with 2-many seeds. NOTES: Approximately 3 genera and 255 spp. (almost all in Plantago), cosmopolitan, some world-wide weeds. REFERENCES: Huisinga, Kristin D. and Tina J. Ayers. 1999. Plantaginaceae. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 32(1).
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Antirrhinum majus
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Bacopa eisenii
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Bacopa rotundifolia
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Besseya alpina
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Besseya arizonica
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Besseya wyomingensis
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Callitriche hermaphroditica
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Callitriche heterophylla
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Callitriche palustris
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Collinsia parviflora
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Gratiola ebracteata
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Gratiola heterosepala
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Gratiola neglecta
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Hippuris vulgaris
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Keckiella breviflora
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Keckiella rothrockii
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Linaria dalmatica
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Linaria vulgaris
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Maurandya antirrhiniflora
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Mohavea breviflora
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Neogaerrhinum filipes
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Nuttallanthus canadensis
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Penstemon abietinus
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Penstemon acaulis
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Penstemon acuminatus
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Penstemon albertinus
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Penstemon ambiguus
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Penstemon ammophilus
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Penstemon angustifolius
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Penstemon arenicola
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Penstemon attenuatus
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Penstemon atwoodii
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Penstemon barbatus
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Penstemon barnebyi
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Penstemon bracteatus
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Penstemon breviculus
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Penstemon caespitosus
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Penstemon carnosus
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Penstemon cinicola
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Penstemon cleburnei
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Penstemon comarrhenus
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Penstemon compactus
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Penstemon concinnus
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Penstemon confusus
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Penstemon crandallii
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Penstemon cusickii
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Penstemon cyananthus
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Penstemon cyaneus
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Penstemon cyanocaulis
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Penstemon davidsonii
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