Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older classifications, Plantaginaceae was the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have demonstrated that this taxon should be included within Lamiales.
A resurrection plant is any poikilohydric plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years.
The genus Artanema is a small group of flowering plant species in the Linderniaceae. It was formerly included in the Plantaginaceae, but reclassified based on genetic evidence.
Linderniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, which consists of about 25 genera and 265 species occurring worldwide. Vandellia micrantha is eaten in Laos, but tastes bitter. Best known are the wishbone flowers Torenia fournieri and Torenia thouarsii, which are used as bedding plants, especially in the tropics. Micranthemum is sold as an aquarium plant when it is called 'baby tears'.
Lindernia dubia is a species of flowering plant known by the common names yellowseed false pimpernel and moist bank pimpernel. It is a member of the "new" plant family Linderniaceae, and it is sometimes treated as a member of the families Scrophulariaceae and Plantaginaceae. It is native to much of the Americas from Canada to Chile, and it can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It grows in wet habitat, such as riverbanks, pond margins, and meadows. It is an annual herb growing a mostly erect, branching stem to exceed 30 centimeters in height. The oppositely arranged leaves vary in size and shape, from lance-shaped to oval, toothed or not, and under one to over three centimeters long. Flowers emerge from upper leaf axils. Each has a calyx of five narrow, linear sepals. The tubular corolla is up to a centimeter long, white in color with a blue or purple tint, and lipped at the mouth, the lower lip with three rounded lobes. The fruit is a capsule containing yellow seeds.
Dr Maarten Joost Maria Christenhusz is a Dutch botanist, natural historian and photographer.
Hemianthus callitrichoides is a semi-aquatic plant in the family Linderniaceae. The plant is endemic to West Indies, where it is native to the islands of The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. In The Bahamas, this species known as "water-starwort".
Ameroglossum is a genus of Linderniaceae, containing the species Ameroglossum pernambucense endemic to the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco, and Ameroglossum manoelfelixii found in Paraíba, in north-eastern Brazil. The species are only found on granitic rocky outcrops. The species are threatened by drought, fires, quarrying, trampling and cattle pasturing.
The genus Lindernia is a group of plants in the family Linderniaceae. They are native to warm regions in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
Lindernia crustacea is a species of flowering plant known by the common names Malaysian false pimpernel. It is a member of the "new" plant family Linderniaceae. The flower is very small, approximately 1 cm in size. Pollens are round, with 23.5 microns diameter.
Craterostigma is a genus of shrub-like flowering plants in the family Linderniaceae, found in Africa, Madagascar, Socotra, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia and Java. The best studied species is the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum, known for its unique drought tolerance.
Isabelcristinia is a genus of shrubs in the family Linderniaceae containing a single species, Isabelcristinia aromatica. It grows on rocky outcrops called inselbergs in north-eastern Brazil in the state of Pernambuco. It has upright branches with gland-covered leaves that are aromatic to the touch. It has bilabiate flowers with a yellow lower and a pink upper lip and is likely pollinated by large bees. The genus is closely related to Ameroglossum, which is found in similar habitats, but has flowers pollinated by hummingbirds. The species is considered Endangered, because it has very little recruitment of new plants and the area where it is found is not protected and under pressure from human and feral animal disturbance.
Bampsia is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Bonnaya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Micranthemum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Stemodiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Schizotorenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Hartliella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Hemiarrhena is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae. The only species is Hemiarrhena plantaginea.
Bonnaya antipoda is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to Linderniaceae family. It is native to tropical and sub-tropical Asia and Australia.
