Genus Plantago L.


Summary
Genus number:
9492
Last updated:
20 April 2006
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Plantagineae
Common name(s):

plantain
Accession count:

275 (254  active, 197  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Probable synonym(s) Possible synonym(s)


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References:
  1. Olmstead, R. G. et al. 2001. Disintegration of the Scrophulariaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 88:348-361. Note: molecular evidence places in Veronicaceae (Plantaginaceae)
  2. Rahn, K. 1974. Plantago section Virginica: a taxonomic revision of a group of American plantains using experimental, taximetric and classical methods. Dansk Bot. Ark. 30(2):1-180.
  3. Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Gnaphaloides Rahn: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 73:137-154.
  4. Rahn, K. 1979. Plantago ser. Ovatae: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 74:13-20.
  5. Rahn, K. 1981. Plantago ser. Sericeae: a taxonomic revision. Nordic J. Bot. 1:297-323.
  6. Rahn, K. 1982. Plantago ser. Hispidulae: a taxonomic revision. Nordic J. Bot. 2:29-39.
  7. Rahn, K. 1983. Plantago ser. Brasilienses: a taxonomic revision. Nordic J. Bot. 3:331-342.
  8. Rahn, K. 1984. Plantago sect. Oliganthos in southern South America, a taxonomic revision. Nordic J. Bot. 4:601-627.
  9. Rahn, K. 1985. Plantago sect. Carpophorae, a taxonomic study. Nordic J. Bot. 5:143-151.
  10. Rahn, K. 1996. A phylogenetic study of the Plantaginaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 120:145-198.
  11. Rønsted, N. et al. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships within Plantago (Plantaginaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence data. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 139:323-338.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9492. Accessed 13 May 2026.