Plantago

Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa (Wallich) Z. Y. Li (China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Qinghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan (Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Nepal, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life)

 

Plantago himalaica Pilg. (Pakistan (Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan, Skardu), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Zanskar, Kashmir), Nepal as per Catalogue of life)

(Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Romania, Belgium (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Belarus (I), Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Libya, ?Morocco, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Armenia, Siberia (W-Siberia), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley), European Turkey, Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran), Qatar (I), Israel (coastal W-Israel), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai), Jammu & Kashmir (I), China (I) (Guangxi (I), Hebei (I), Jiangsu (I), Liaoning (I), Sichuan (I), Xinjiang (I), Zhejiang (I)), Tibet (I), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), Delaware (I), Iowa (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), North Carolina (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I)), Canada (I) (British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), Australia (I) (Victoria (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Argentina (I), Thailand (c) as per Catalogue of Life)

 

Plantago lanceolata L. (Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.), Madeira (Madeira Isl., Ilhas Desertas, Porto Santo Isl.), Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Hierro), Austria, Belgium, England, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Faeroe Isl., Finland, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, W-, C-, N- & E-European Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Baleares, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Sicily, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Crimea, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia) (I), Russian Far East (I), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Japan (I), China (Gansu, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Korea (I), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), Auckland Isl. (I), Marion Isl. (I), Falkland Isl. (I), Tristan da Cunha (I), Gough Isl. (I), Java, New Guinea (alpine), NW-India, N-India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka (I), Philippines (I), Bahamas (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Jamaica (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I), Montserrat (I)), Puerto Rico (I), Mexico (I) (widespread), Bolivia (I), Panama (I), Peru (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Namibia (I), Lesotho (I), Botswana (I), Zimbabwe (I), Djibouti (I), Sudan (I), trop. Africa (I), New Zealand (I), Chatham Isl. (I), New Caledonia (I), Lord Howe Isl. (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), French Guiana (I), Ecuador (I), Uruguay (I), Chile (I), Juan Fdz. Isl. (I), Argentina (I), Venezuela (I), Colombia (I), Niue (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Tonga (I) (Tongatapu (I)), Austral Isl. (I) (Tubuai (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), Madagascar (I), Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), Egypt (Nile Delta), European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Asir, Nejd Desert), Qatar, Syria (NW-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen), Afghanistan (Badakshan, Badghys, Bamyan, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghorat, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Parwan, Qunduz, Takhar), Pakistan (widespread), Pakistani Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, Hawaii (I) (Midway Isl. (I), French Frigate Shoals (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Alaska (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Newfoundland (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I)), Greenland (I), St. Pierre et Miquelon (I) as per Catalogue of Life)

Plantago species ? – Chhoser, Upper Mustang, Nepal

Species as per Flora of Peninsular India:

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From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : 

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FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

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Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of Pakistan (Distribution):

Plantago afra Linn. (Spain, Mediterranean regions, Afghanistan to Pakistan)

Plantago amplexicaulis subsp. bauphula (Edgew.) Rech. f. (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Arabia, Southern parts of Iran, Pakistan and Western India)

Plantago ciliata Desf.

Plantago ciliata subsp. ciliata (North Africa and south-west Asia) 

Plantago depressa Willd. (From east Ural through Sibiria up to Amur and Ussur region, Sakhalin, Manchuria, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, Altai, Dzung Tarbagate, Tien Shan, Sinkiang, Tibet, Afghanistan and the mountains of Western Himalaya eastwards to China and Japan)

Plantago stocksii Boiss. ex Decne. (Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan)

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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Plantago erosa Wall. (India, Ceylon, Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Assam, Burma, S. E. Tibet, W. China) is a synonym of Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa (Wall.) Z.Yu Li

Plantago exigua Murr. (Egypt, S. Iran, Afghanistan, N. Pakistan, Himalaya (Nepal))

Plantago himalaica Pilg. (W. Pakistan, Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal))

Plantago lanceolata L. (Europe and Asia eastwards to Tien Shan and Himalaya, a commonly introduced weed elsewhere)

Plantago major L. (Europe and W. Asia, widely introduced elsewhere)

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China (Distribution other than China):

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Indian Encyclopaedia, Volume 1 edited by Subodh Kapoor (2002)- Details-

Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998)- Details-

Plantago asiatica L.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Plantago (Pl. click).

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

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Pl. go through‎ Plantago‎ ‎(‎Plantaginaceae‎) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details.

May I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identifications in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice.