Plumbaginaceae
| Plumbaginaceae | |
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| Plumbago europaea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons.[1][2] |
| Genera[2] | |
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21; see text | |
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Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family.
Most
steppes
, marshes, and sea coasts.
The family has been recognized by most taxonomists. The
core eudicots. It includes ca 30 genera and about 725 species.[3]
The 1981 Cronquist system placed the family in a separate order Plumbaginales, which included no other families. The Dahlgren system had segregated some of these plants as family Limoniaceae.
Genera
21 genera are accepted.[2]
- Acantholimon Boiss.
- Aegialitis R.Br.
- Armeria (DC.) Willd., the thrifts or seapinks
- Bakerolimon (Hook.f.) Lincz.
- Bamiania Lincz.
- Bukiniczia Lincz.
- Cephalorhizum Popov & Korovin
- Ceratolimon M.B.Crespo & Lledó
- Ceratostigma Bunge, the leadworts
- Dictyolimon Rech.f.
- Goniolimon Boiss.
- Ikonnikovia Lincz.
- Limoniastrum Heist. ex Fabr.
- Limoniopsis Lincz.
- Limonium Mill. (syn. Statice), the sealavenders
- Myriolimon Lledó, Erben & M.B.Crespo
- Muellerolimon Lincz., synonym of Goniolimon
- Neogontscharovia Lincz.
- Plumbagella Spach
- Plumbago Tourn. ex L., the leadworts or plumbagos
- Psylliostachys (Jaub. & Spach) Nevski
- Saharanthus M.B.Crespo & Lledó
Cultivation and uses
Chalk glands are found in this family. The family includes a number of popular garden species, which are grown for their attractive flowers.
References
- hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ a b c Plumbaginaceae Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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External links
Media related to Plumbaginaceae at Wikimedia Commons- Plumbaginaceae in Topwalks
- links at CSDL, Texas
