''Kickxia'' is a genus of plants in the plantain 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 ...
). 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''.
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Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
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
''Kickxia elatine'' (commonly known as sharpleaf cancerwort and sharp-leaved fluellen) is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, but it is present on other continents as an introduced species, ...
'' (L.) Dumort. - sharpleaf cancerwort
*'' Kickxia elatinoides'' (Desf.) Rothm.
*'' Kickxia floribunda'' (Boiss.) Täckh. & Boulos
*'' Kickxia glaberrima'' (J.A.Schmidt) D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia gombaultii'' (J.Thiébaut) Mouterde ex Charpin
*'' Kickxia hartlii'' (Betsche) D.Heller
*'' Kickxia lanigera'' (Desf.) Hand.-Mazz.
*'' Kickxia membranacea'' D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia papillosa'' R.R.Mill
*'' Kickxia pendula'' (G.Kunkel) G.Kunkel
*'' Kickxia petiolata'' D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia pseudoscoparia'' V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia sabarum'' V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia saccata'' D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia scalarum'' D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia spiniflora'' (O.Schwartz) D.A.Sutton
*'' Kickxia spuria'' (L.) Dumort. - roundleaf cancerwort
See also
* Plants with common names that utilize Germanic suffix -wort
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
— ''invasive species in California''.
USDA Plants Profile of ''Kickxia''
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Plantaginaceae genera
Flora of Europe