Plantaginaceae is the Plantain Family. It is from the order of Lamiales. This family only has 94 genera and 1900 species. The largest genus is Veronica with 450 species. Plantaginaceae now includes many species from the Scrophulariaceae family. Some of the familiar names in the Plantaginaceae family are Veronica, Foxglove, Snapdragon, and Plantain.
Plantaginaceae has had one of the more controversial histories and reorganization of the species from the former Scrophulariales into Lamiales. Genetic studies revealed that earlier morphologically based delimitations of families, such as Scrophulariaceae, do not support common ancestry assumptions.
Therefore, many of the any species from the Scrophulariaceae family have been placed in Plantaginaceae or the plantain family. The current Plantaginaceae family includes Antirrhinum, commonly known as Snapdragon, Veronica or commonly known as Speedwell, Penstemon or commonly known as Beardtongue, Linaria commonly known as Toadflax, and Digitalis commonly known as Foxglove, as well as Plantago or commonly known as Plantain.
Plantaginaceae members are herbaceous and diverse. The Foxgloves Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea are scientifically important species as they are the sources of digoxin and digitoxin, used in drugs treating irregular heart rhythms.
Plantaginaceae includes the following genera:
Acanthorrhinum
Achetaria
Adenosma
Albraunia
Allocalyx
Anarrhinum
Angelonia
Antirrhinum
Aragoa
Asarina
Bacopa
Basistemon
Beccabunga
Benjaminia
Besseya
Bonnayodes
Botryopleuron
Bougueria
Brami
Brookea
Bryodes
Bythophyton
Callitriche
Calorhabdos
Campylanthus
Chaenarrhinum
Chaenorhinum
Chelone
Chionophila
Cochlidiosperma
Collinsia
Conobea
Cymbalaria
Cyphocalyx
Darcya
Deinostema
Digitalis
Dintera
Dizygostemon
Dopatrium
Ellisiophyllum
Encopella
Epixiphium
Erinus
Galvezia
Gambelia
Geochorda
Globularia
Gratiola
Hebe
Heliohebe
Hemianthus
Hemiphragma
Hemisiphonia
Herpestis
Hippuris
Holmgrenanthe
Holzneria
Hueblia
Hydranthelium
Hydrotriche
Hydrotrida
Ildefonsia
Isoplexis
Kashmiria
Keckiella
Kickxia
Lafuentea
Lagotis
Leiostemon
Lendneria
Leonohebe
Leptandra
Lepteiris
Leucospora
Limnophila
Linaria
Lindenbergia
Littorella
Lophospermum
Lytanthus
Mabrya
Macuillamia
Maurandella
Maurandya
Mecardonia
Melosperma
Micranthemum
Microcarpaea
Misopates
Mohavea
Moniera
Monopera
Monttea
Morgania
Nanorrhinum
Neogaerrhinum
Neopicrorhiza
Nothochelone
Nuttallanthus
Odicardis
Oligospermum
Omania
Otacanthus
Ourisia
Paederota
Paederotella
Pagesia
Parahebe
Pennellianthus
Penstemon
Pentstemonopsis
Picrorhiza
Plantago
Pogonorrhinum
Poskea
Psammetes
Pseudolysimachion
Pseudorontium
Psyllium
Quinquelobus
Rehmannia
Rhodochiton
Russelia
Saccanthus
Sairocarpus
Schistophragma
Schweinfurthia
Scoparia
Scrofella
Sibthorpia
Silvinula
Sophronanthe
Spirostegia
Stemodia
Synthyris
Tetranema
Tetraulacium
Tonella
Triaenophora
Trimerocalyx
Trungboa
Uroskinnera
Veronica
Veronicastrum
Wulfenia
Wulfeniopsis
