Kickxia
''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, with two, ''K. elatine'' and ''K. spuria,'' well-established as invasive elsewhere. Taxonomy The genus ''Kickxia'' was named after the Belgian botanist Jean Kickx. Some species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to ''Nanorrhinum''. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following ''Kickxia'' species: *''Kickxia aegyptiaca'' (L.) Nábelek *''Kickxia caucasica'' (Muss.Puschk. ex Spreng.) Kuprian. *''Kickxia cirrhosa'' (L.) Fritsch *''Kickxia collenetteana'' D.A.Sutton *''Kickxia commutata'' (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch * ''Kickxia'' × ''confinis'' (Lacroix) Soó *''Kickxia corallicola'' D.A.Sutton *'' Kickxia dentata'' (Vahl) D.A.Sutton *'' Kickxia elatine'' (L.) Dumort. - sharpleaf cancerwort *''Kickxia elatinoides'' (Desf.) Rothm. *'' Kic ...
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