Plantago asiatica

Plantago asiatica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Plantagineae
Genus: Plantago
Subgenus: P. subg. Plantago
Species:
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. asiatica – P. a. subsp. densiflora – P. a. subsp. erosa

Name

Plantago asiatica L., 1753

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Plantago major var. asiatica (L.) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 694 (1852)
    • Plantago major f. asiatica (L.) Regel in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 121 (1861)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Amur, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Jawa, Kuril Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar
    • Regional: China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Qinghai, Taiwan, Xinjiang
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Primorye, Sakhalin, Thailand
    • Introduced into:
      • Cape Verde, Magadan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Vernacular names

  • English: Chinese Plantain
  • 中文: 车前子
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