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Plantaginaceae

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: Personal Plant List
Antirrhinum nuttallianum
Media resource of Antirrhinum nuttallianum
Mabrya acerifolia
Media resource of Mabrya acerifolia
Maurandya antirrhiniflora
Media resource of Maurandya antirrhiniflora
Mohavea confertiflora
Media resource of Mohavea confertiflora
Penstemon eatonii
Media resource of Penstemon eatonii
Penstemon parryi
Media resource of Penstemon parryi
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Media resource of Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Penstemon stenophyllus
Media resource of Penstemon stenophyllus
Plantago major
Media resource of Plantago major
Plantago ovata
Media resource of Plantago ovata
Plantago patagonica
Media resource of Plantago patagonica
Russelia equisetiformis
Media resource of Russelia equisetiformis
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Media resource of Veronica anagallis-aquatica
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