Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Metachlamydeae: Lamiales

Plantaginaceae - Plantain family

Lehmann, G. (1988) Plantaginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)

Description of the family

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves all in radical rosettes (in ours), without stipules. Inflorescence a spike, terminating a scape (in ours). Flowers small, inconspicuous, subtended by a bract, usually 4-merous, sessile. Corolla gamopetalous, scarious, 3-4 lobed. Ovary superior. Fruit a capsule.

Worldwide: 3 genera and 275 species, cosmopolitan

Zimbabwe: 12 cultivated genera and 18 cultivated taxa.

Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Achetaria Cham. & Schldtl.	Image
Angelonia Bonpl.	Description
Antirrhinum L.	Description, Image
Asarina Mill.	Description, Image
Bacopa Aubl.	Description
Cymbalaria Hill.	Description, Image
Digitalis L.	Description, Image
Hebe Comm. ex Juss.	Description, Image
Linaria Mill.	Description, Image
Penstemon Schmidel	Description
Russelia Jacq.	Description, Image
Veronica L.	Description

Other sources of information about Plantaginaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Plantaginaceae
Flora of Malawi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Plantaginaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Zambia: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Plantaginaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Plantaginaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Plantaginaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Plantaginaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Plantaginaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Plantaginaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Plantaginaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Plantaginaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Plantaginaceae
Wikipedia: Plantaginaceae
Plants of the World Online: Plantaginaceae
Tropicos: Plantaginaceae