Kickxia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kickxia
Kickxia elatine1.jpg
Kickxia elatine
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Kickxia
Dumort.[1]
Species

See text.

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] Some species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to Nanorrhinum.[3]

Species[]

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

  • (L.) Nábelek
  • (Muss.Puschk. ex Spreng.) Kuprian.
  • (L.) Fritsch
  • D.A.Sutton
  • (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch
  • (Lacroix) Soó
  • D.A.Sutton
  • (Vahl) D.A.Sutton
  • Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. - sharpleaf cancerwort
  • (Desf.) Rothm.
  • (Boiss.) Täckh. & Boulos
  • (J.A.Schmidt) D.A.Sutton
  • (J.Thiébaut) Mouterde ex Charpin
  • (Betsche) D.Heller
  • (Desf.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • D.A.Sutton
  • R.R.Mill
  • (G.Kunkel) G.Kunkel
  • D.A.Sutton
  • V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
  • V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
  • D.A.Sutton
  • D.A.Sutton
  • (O.Schwartz) D.A.Sutton
  • Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. - roundleaf cancerwort

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kickxia Dumort.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-03
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. ^ 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

External links[]

Retrieved from ""