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Plantain family
Plantaginaceae
オオバコ科
A family significantly reorganized under the APG system, incorporating parts of the former Scrophulariaceae. Includes Plantago (plantains) as well as Veronica (speedwells), Digitalis (foxgloves), and others.
Key Characteristics
- ●Leaf veins run in an arcuate pattern (Plantago)
- ●Many are wind-pollinated (Plantago)
- ●Flowers often tetramerous (4-parted)
- ●Broadly reorganized under the APG system, encompassing diverse genera
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Parallel
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf dissection
Dissected / Undivided
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
6 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
3-4
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite / Monoecious
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Major taxonomic reorganization under the APG system