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Plantaginaceae (plantain)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Plantaginaceae

Taxonomy
Plantaginaceae was named by Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Plantaginales by Mabberley (2000); and to Lamiales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Plantago

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Plantaginaceae Jussieu pp. 89-90
2000Plantaginaceae Mabberley
2016Plantaginaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderLamiales
familyPlantaginaceae
familyPlantaginaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Plantaginaceae Jussieu 1789 [plantain]
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G. Plantago Linnaeus 1753
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Plantago albicans Linnaeus 1753
Plantago alpina Linnaeus 1753
Plantago asiatica Linnaeus 1753
Plantago coronopus Linnaeus 1753
Plantago cretica Linnaeus 1753
Plantago cynops Linnaeus 1753
Plantago lagopus Linnaeus 1753
Plantago lanceolata Linnaeus 1753
Plantago loeflingii Linnaeus 1753
Plantago major Linnaeus 1753
Plantago maritima Linnaeus 1753
Plantago media Linnaeus 1753
Plantago psyllium Linnaeus 1753
Plantago subulata Linnaeus 1753
Plantago uniflora Linnaeus 1753
Plantago virginica Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Plantago sp. (47096)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Plantago sp. (232125 232126 232145)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Plantago sp. (22335)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Plantago media (69541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Plantago indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Plantago sp. (21975)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) Plantago sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Plantago sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Plantago sp. (168819 168822 168889 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Plantago sp. (228774 228775)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Plantago sp. (228793 228794 228795)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Plantago lanceolata (228760) Plantago sp. (228776) Plantago sp., Plantago lanceolata (228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Gujarat) Plantago sp. (228786)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Plantago sp. (228848 228849)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Plantago sp. (22336)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Plantago sp. (157640)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Plantaginaceae indet. (38321)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Plantago sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Plantago sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Plantago maritima (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Iran Plantago sp. (11801 11802)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Plantago sp. (168749 168750 168751 168752)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Plantago sp. (228762 228763 228773 228784)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Plantago sp. (228780 228781)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Plantago sp. (136951 142745)