The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Plantago

The genus Plantago is in the family Plantaginaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Plantago

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Plantago afra L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago alismatifolia Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago alopecurus Decne. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago arenaria Waldst. & Kit. Accepted M TRO
Plantago argentina Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago australis Lam. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago barbata G.Forst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago berroi Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago bismarckii Niederl. Accepted M TRO
Plantago brasiliensis Sims Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago buchtienii Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago cafra Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago canescens Adams Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago catharinea Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago commersoniana Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago cordata Lam. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago coronopus L. Accepted M TRO
Plantago correae Rahn Accepted M TRO
Plantago densa Rahn Accepted M TRO
Plantago densiflora J.Z. Liu Accepted M TRO
Plantago dielsiana Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago dubia L. Accepted M TRO
Plantago eriopoda Torr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago fengdouensis (Z.E. Zhao & Y. Wang) Y. Wang & Z.Y. Li Accepted M TRO
Plantago fernandezia Bert. ex Barn. Accepted M TRO
Plantago firma Kunze ex Walp. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago floccosa Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago galapagensis Rahn Accepted M TRO
Plantago grandiflora Meyen Accepted M TRO
Plantago griffithii Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago guilleminiana Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago heterophylla Nutt. Accepted M TRO
Plantago hispidula Ruiz & Pav. Accepted M TRO
Plantago intermedia DC. Accepted M TRO
Plantago jujuyensis Rahn Accepted M TRO
Plantago lamprophylla Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago lanatifolia (J.M. Coult. & Fisher) Small ex E. Morris Accepted M TRO
Plantago lanceolata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago lessingii Fisch. & C.A. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Plantago leucophylla Decne. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago limensis Pers. Accepted M TRO
Plantago linearis Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago litorea Phil. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago longissima Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago lundborgii Sparre Accepted M TRO
Plantago major L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago maritima L. Accepted M TRO
Plantago media L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago myosuros Lam. Accepted M TRO
Plantago neumannii Opiz Accepted M TRO
Plantago nivea Kunth Accepted M TRO
Plantago orbignyana Steinh. ex Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago patagonica Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Plantago penantha Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Plantago pulvinata Speg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago rancaguae Steud. Accepted M TRO
Plantago rhodosperma Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago rigida Kunth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago salsa Pall. Accepted M TRO
Plantago sawadai (Yamam.) Yamam. Accepted M TRO
Plantago scabra Moench Accepted M TRO
Plantago schrenkii C. Koch Accepted M TRO
Plantago sempervivoides Dusén Accepted M TRO
Plantago sericea Ruiz & Pav. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago squalida Salisb. Accepted M TRO
Plantago subpolaris Andrejev Accepted M TRO
Plantago subulata L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago tacnensis Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago tehuelcha Speg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago tolucensis Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago tomentosa Lam. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Plantago truncata Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Plantago tubulosa Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago uniglumis Wallr. ex Walp. Accepted L TRO
Plantago urvillei Opiz Accepted M TRO
Plantago ventanensis Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Plantago virginica L. Accepted M TRO
Plantago weddelliana Decne. Accepted M TRO
Plantago winteri Wirtg. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 929 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Plantago. Of these 79 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 207 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Plantago. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 929 species names for the genus Plantago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 79 8.5%
Synonym 133 14.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 717 77.2%

All names

The status of the 1,136 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Plantago recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 99 8.7%
Synonym 307 27.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 730 64.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 929 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Plantago, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 78 133 0 0 211 22.7%
Low confidence 1 0 0 717 718 77.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Plantago, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 60 118 0 6 0 184 19.8%
WCSP (in review) 19 15 0 711 0 745 80.2%