Plantaginaceae

Not to be confused with Platanaceae.

Plantaginaceae
Scoparia dulcis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Juss.[1]
Type genus
Plantago
Tribes
Synonyms[2]
  • Antirrhinaceae Pers.
  • Aragoaceae D.Don
  • Callitrichaceae Link nom. cons.
  • Chelonaceae Martinov
  • Digitalaceae Martinov
  • Ellisiophyllaceae Honda
  • Globulariaceae DC. nom. cons.
  • Gratiolaceae Martinov
  • Hippuridaceae Vest nom. cons.
  • Littorellaceae Gray
  • Psylliaceae Horan.
  • Sibthorpiaceae D.Don
  • Veronicaceae Cassel

Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older classifications, Plantaginaceae was the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have demonstrated that this taxon should be included within Lamiales.

  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. ^ "Family: Plantaginaceae Juss., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. 2003-01-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-04-28.