''Anarrhinum'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family or veronica family, is a large, diverse family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as Antirrhinum, snapdragon and Digitalis, foxglove. It is unrelated ...
.
Its native range is the
Mediterranean Basin and
West Asia
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with some reaching as far as
Germany
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and
Ethiopia
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.
Species:
* ''
Anarrhinum bellidifolium''
(L.) Willd.
* ''
Anarrhinum corsicum''
Jord. & Fourr.
* ''
Anarrhinum duriminium''
(Brot.) Pers.
* ''
Anarrhinum forskaohlii''
(J. F. Gmel.) Cufod.
* ''
Anarrhinum fruticosum''
Desf.
* ''
Anarrhinum laxiflorum''
Boiss.
* ''
Anarrhinum longipedicellatum''
R. Fern.
* ''
Anarrhinum pedatum''
Desf.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3113154
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae genera