Plantago L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 112 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Desventurados Is., District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Angola, Ascension, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cook Is., Crozet Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kerguelen, Leeward Is., Marion-Prince Edward, Marshall Is., Mauritius, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zambia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1976). Flora Europaea 4: 1-505. Cambridge University Press.

Flora of Iraq

  • Linnaeus, Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 52 (1754)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 504.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl.: 112 (1753)
  • in Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 52 (1754).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 52 (1754)
  • Pilg. in E.P. IV. 269: 1-466 (1937)
  • Sp. Pl.: 112 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2012 Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1181] Bolivia K000295023 No
Oct 10, 1977 Taquet, T. [1262] Korea, South K000779616 Type Yes
May 31, 1977 Mitchell [s.n.] Australia K000779672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 15, 1973 Rock, J,F. [8315] Hawaii K000779659 Syntype Yes
Feb 11, 1973 Rock, J.F. [8889] Hawaii K000779660 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1972 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000779663 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Gay, C. [s.n] Chile K000573628 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6412] Nepal K001123836 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bertero [1494] Uruguay K000573611 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6414] Mauritius K001123838 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jahandiez, E. [862] Morocco K000243844 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 6412] K001123837 Unknown Type Material Yes
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6017] Brazil K001048632 Yes
Gardner [5138] Brazil K001048622 Yes
Gardner [216] Brazil K001048624 Yes
Bornmüller, J. [4606] Iran K001070756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6412] Nepal K001123834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Birmingham MSc group [1909] Morocco K000564905 Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Egypt K000243824 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jude, F. [ K000779587 Unknown Type Material No
Sennen, F. [s.n.] Spain K000779589 Unknown Type Material Yes
Talbot de Malahide Australia K:SPC-31274.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 6412] India K001123835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmüller, J. [4607] Iran K001070755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmüller, J.; Bornmüller, A. [8152] Iran K001070757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [3241] Brazil K001048623 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6412] India K001123833 Unknown Type Material Yes
Comber, H.F. [937] Argentina K000573613 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith [1611] Afghanistan K000779585 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmüller, J. [4604] Iran K001070754 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0