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Plantaginaceae

Plant Families

Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica 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 that is 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 the Lamiales.

Facts
Taxonomic Rank
Family 2
Scientific Name
Plantaginaceae 2
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Lamiales, Taxa
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Plantaginaceae

Parent Taxon Of

Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Digitalis purpurea
Snapdragon, Species
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Antirrhinum majus
Sources
1. Plantaginaceae - Wikipedia
Lead, living species
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is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove
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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Plantaginaceae
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon record
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"rank": "FAMILY"
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Antirrhinum majus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Snapdragon, Taxon record
Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Snapdragon, Taxon record
"family": "Plantaginaceae"
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Digitalis purpurea
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Taxon record
Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Taxon record
"family": "Plantaginaceae"
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