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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

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

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

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

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: