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 Scientific Name Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Child Taxon Of
Lamiales, Taxa Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Plantaginaceae
Parent Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Digitalis purpurea
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Antirrhinum majus
Sources
1. Plantaginaceae - Wikipedia
Lead, living speciesQuote, Lead, living species
is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove
2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Plantaginaceae
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"rank": "FAMILY"
3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Plantaginaceae
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 2191
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Plantaginaceae
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Plantaginaceae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 20.45 ... "early_interval": "Burdigalian"
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Antirrhinum majus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Snapdragon, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Snapdragon, Taxon record
"family": "Plantaginaceae"
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Digitalis purpurea
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Taxon record
"family": "Plantaginaceae"
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