Kickxia

Kickxia
Kickxia elatine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Kickxia
Dumort.[1]
Species

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Kickxia is a genus of plants in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It includes several species known commonly as cancerworts or fluellins. Species are mostly native to Europe, Central Asia, and Africa,[2] with two, K. elatine and K. spuria, well-established as invasive elsewhere.

Taxonomy

The genus Kickxia was named after the Belgian botanist Jean Kickx.[2][3] Some species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to Nanorrhinum.[4]

Species

As of February 2018, Plants of the World Online accepted the following Kickxia species:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kickxia Dumort.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-03
  2. ^ a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ^ Hitchcock, C. Leo; Cronquist, Arthur (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest (2nd ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-29574-288-5.
  4. ^ Yousefi, Nafiseh; Zarre, Shahin & Heubl, Günther (2016), "Molecular phylogeny of the mainly Mediterranean genera Chaenorhinum, Kickxia and Nanorrhinum (Plantaginaceae, tribe Antirrhineae), with focus on taxa in the Flora Iranica region", Nordic Journal of Botany, 34 (4): 455–463, doi:10.1111/njb.01000