Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Lamiales > Family Plantaginaceae > Genus Plantago

Plantago afra L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plantago*	L.	accepted genus name
*Littorella*	P. J. Bergius	synonym
*Psyllium*	Mill.	synonym

Species group names

*Plantago afra subsp. stricta*	(Schousb.) Zangh.	synonym
*Plantago parviflora*	Desf.	synonym
*Plantago psyllium*	L. (1762)	synonym; nom. illeg.
*Psyllium afrum*	(L.) Mirb.	synonym
*Psyllium squalidum*	(Salisb.) Soják	synonym

Children

Plantago afra L. var. afra
Plantago afra var. obtusata (Svent.) A. Hansen & Sunding

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: herba de las pussas; herba pucera vera; herba pussera; plantatge de ca; psilli; pucera vera; pussera; saragatona de llei; sargantona; seragatona; sergantana; sergantona; silive; silli sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Euskera: ardibelarra; cucusbelarra sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Galician: zaragatona sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Majorcan: herba de les puces; herba de pussas; herba pucera; herba pussera; llavor de puca; llavor de puça; pinets; plantatge de ca sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: erva das pulgas; herva das pulgas; pulgueira menor; zaragatoa; zaragatôa sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: bazara-catona; bazar-catona; hierba de las calenturas; jopicos; llantén-zaragatona; pomos; psileo; psilio; zaracatona; zargatona sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Valencian: herba pucera; saragatona

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2. 1762.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Plantaginaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Plantago afra L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=620051E8-CD5A-4E93-8430-6453A4117EF6