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).
Species within checklist: Plant Taxonomy with Dr. Steele || << 51 - 100 taxa >>
Asarina procumbens
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Asarina stricta
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Bacopa acuminata
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Bacopa aquatica
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Bacopa arenaria
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Bacopa caroliniana
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Bacopa crenata
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Bacopa cyclophylla
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Bacopa decumbens
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Bacopa domingensis
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Bacopa dubia
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Bacopa egensis
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Bacopa eisenii
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Bacopa gratioloides
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Bacopa hamiltoniana
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Bacopa humifusa
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Bacopa innominata
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Bacopa lacertosa
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Bacopa laxiflora
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Bacopa micromonnieria
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Bacopa monnieri
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Bacopa monnierioides
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Bacopa paraguariensis
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Bacopa reflexa
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Bacopa repens
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Bacopa rotundifolia
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Bacopa salzmannii
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Bacopa sessiliflora
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Bacopa stragula
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Bacopa stricta
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Basistemon bogotensis
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Basistemon silvaticus
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Benjaminia reflexa
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Besseya alpina
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Besseya arizonica
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Besseya bullii
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Besseya cinerea
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Besseya plantaginea
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Besseya ritteriana
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Besseya rubra
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Besseya wyomingensis
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Caconapea stricta
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Callitriche bifida
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Callitriche bolanderi
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Callitriche brutia
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Callitriche cophocarpa
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Callitriche deflexa
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Callitriche fassettii
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Callitriche hamulata
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Callitriche hermaphroditica
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