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Taxon: Plantago maritima L.

Genus: Plantago subgenus: Coronopus section: Maritima
Family: Plantaginaceae tribe: Plantagineae. Also placed in: Veronicaceae
Nomen number: 28789
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:114. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 02-May-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 07-Jan-2003
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Syria [w.]; Turkey
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Omsk, Tuva, Tyumen
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Turkmenistan
    Mongolia: Mongolia
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Faroe Islands; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Italy; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; Greenland; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario [n.], Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia [w.], Manitoba [n.e.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut [s.], Maine [s.], Massachusetts [e.], New Hampshire [s.e.], New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Rhode Island
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.], Washington [w.]
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Southern South America: Argentina - Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego; Chile

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
  • Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999
  • Webster's third new international dictionary.
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Synonyms:


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Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28789 (23 May 2013)

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