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Plantago major L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 112 (-113). 1753 [1 Mai 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Plantago major--So Afr. Drakensberg Mts. Giant'sCastle 3. 3 Oct 03. 052.jpg

Plantago major--So Afr. Drakensberg Mts. Giant'sCastle 3. 3 Oct 03. 052.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Plantago major--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 3 Oct 03. 051.jpg

Plantago major--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 3 Oct 03. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Plantago major--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 3 Oct 03. 049.jpg

Plantago major--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 3 Oct 03. 049.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Plantago major--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 3 Oct 03. 050.jpg

Plantago major--So. Africa. Drakensberg Mts. Giant's Castle. 3 Oct 03. 050.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 102 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 153 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected.

October 3, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Plantago

Specific Epithet

major

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#265,704 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →