Plantaginaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Plantaginaceae

ale
buckhorn
desert Indianwheat
flea seed
goose tongue
littorella
plantain
psyllium

Hierarchical position of the Family Plantaginaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead
pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.
  
   Familia  Plantaginaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 89. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Plantains
  

Named members of the Family Plantaginaceae

1
   Genus  Bougueria Decne.
2
   Tribus  Littorelleae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 25. 1829.
 
3
   Genus  Littorella P.J. Bergius
pub. (1768)
common name: littorella
4
   Subfamilia  Plantaginoideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 31. Apr-Mai 1836.
  
 
5
   Tribus  Plantagineae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 25. 1829.
  
 
6
   Genus  Plantago L.
pub. (1753)
common name: plantain
  
7
   Genus  Psyllium Mill.
pub. (1754)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

For an index to other topics see

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