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: 9 genera and 16 taxa.

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

Genus	Content
Bacopa Aubl.	Description
Digitalis L.	Description, Image
Dopatrium Buch.-Ham.	Description
Limnophila R. Br.	Description, Image
Linaria Mill.	Description, Image
Plantago L.	Description, Image
Sibthorpia L.	Description
Stemodia L.	Description
Veronica L.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Plantaginaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Burundi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of the DRC: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Malawi: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Plantaginaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Zambia: Plantaginaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated 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