Plantago Linnaeus 1753 (plantain)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Plantaginaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Plantaginaceae according to Jussieu 1789

See also Chauhan 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Encopella, Erinus, Holmgrenanthe, Keckiella, Maurandya, Ourisia

Subtaxa: Plantago albicans Plantago alpina Plantago asiatica Plantago coronopus Plantago cretica Plantago cynops Plantago lagopus Plantago lanceolata Plantago loeflingii Plantago major Plantago maritima Plantago media Plantago psyllium Plantago subulata Plantago uniflora Plantago virginica

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Type: Plantago major

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (36), India (18), Iran (2), Italy (1), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Washington)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Portugal (3)

• Miocene of Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 69 collections including 70 occurrences

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