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Genus: Plantago (plantains) Life
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Plantago lanceolata (Narrow-leaved
Ribwort, Buckhorn Plantain) in roadside weedy patch (Kleinmond, Western
Cape, South Africa). |
About 255 species (cosmopolitan), of which seven species are native to
southern Africa, eight are naturalised and three species are cultivated in this region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Plantago cafra
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Plantago crassifolia |
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Plantago lanceolata
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Plantago laxiflora |
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Plantago longissima |
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Plantago palmata
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Plantago remota |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Plantago afra
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Plantago aristata |
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Plantago bigelovii |
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Plantago coronopus |
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Plantago major
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Plantago myosuros |
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Plantago rhodosperma |
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Plantago virginica |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Plantago afra
[= Plantago psyllium]
Native from the Mediterranean.
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Plantago albicans
Native to the Mediterranean.
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Plantago arenaria
Native from Portugal to Turkey.
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