Plantago afra - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID644001a49856a650816409
Scientific name Plantago afra
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 168 (1762)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Plantago afra var. parviflora (Desf.) Lewalle Bull. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mahammed V 2: 71 (1977)
Plantago cynopsidea Schult. Observ. Bot. : 25 (1809)
Plantago parviflora Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1: 141 (1798)
Plantago garganica hort. ex Decne. Prodr. 13(1): 735 (1852)
Plantago divaricata Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 14 (1806)
Plantago durandoi Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 125 (1874)
Psyllium parviflorum Mirb. Hist. Nat. Pl. , ed. 2, 14: 334 (1800)
Psyllium afrum Mirb. Hist. Nat. Pl. , ed. 2, 14: 334 (1800)
Psyllium cynops Mirb. Hist. Nat. Pl. , ed. 2, 14: 332 (1800)
Plantago pseudopsyllium Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 77 (1829)
Plantago sicula C.Presl Delic. Prag. : 70 (1822)
Plantago assoana Sennen Diagn. Nouv. : 263 (1936)
Plantago squalida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 47 (1796)
Psyllium squalidum (Salisb.) Soják Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 140: 131 (1972)

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Language Common/alternative name
English plantain
English plantago psyllium
Spanish jopicos
Spanish psyllium squalidum
Spanish plantago cynops
Spanish zaragatona
Spanish llantén de perro
Spanish pomos
Spanish bazar catona
Spanish bazar-catona
Spanish bazara catona
Spanish plantago psyllium
Spanish zargatona
Spanish psyllium afrum
Spanish bazara-catona
Spanish llanten de perro
Spanish llanten zaragatona
Spanish llantén zaragatona
Spanish llanten-zaragatona
Spanish llantén-zaragatona
Spanish plantago afra subsp stricta
Spanish plantago afra subsp. stricta
Spanish zaracatona
Spanish psilio
Spanish psileo
Spanish plantago stricta
Spanish plantago parviflora
Arabic عشبة البراغيث
Arabic أذنية حمل
Arabic بذرقطونا
Arabic برغوثي
Arabic بزرقطوناء
Arabic البزرقطونا
Arabic بزرقطونا
Arabic قطينة
Arabic خزام
Bulgarian бълхов живовлек
Catalan plantago psyllium
Catalan herba pucera
Catalan saragatona
Czech jitrocel blešníkový
Welsh llyriad chwarennog
German flohsamen-wegerich
German plantago psyllium
Basque ardi-belar
Persian اسپرزه
French plantain africain
French herbes aux puces
French psyllium afrum
French plantain psyllium
French plantago psyllium auct.
Croatian Žljezdastodlakavi trputac
Hungarian balhafű
Italian plantago psyllium
Italian psillio
Japanese エダウチオオバコ
Kazakh Бүргелі бақажапырақ
la plantago psyllium
Norwegian Bokmål ballastgreinkjempe
Dutch plantago psyllium
Norwegian Nynorsk ballastgreinkjempe
Polish babka afrykańska
Polish babka płesznik
Slovenian indijski trpotec

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Name Authority First published in
Plantago afra subsp. zwierleinii (Nicotra) Brullo Doc. Phytosoc. , n.s., 9: 9 (1985)

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Plantago afra var. obtusata (Svent.) A.Hansen & Sunding Fl. Macaronesia , ed. 2, 1: 92 (1979)

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Maintain seeds at a constant 10°C.
Requires Light or Surface Sowing: These seeds need light to germinate and should not be covered with soil or only very lightly. They are often very small and sown directly on the surface of the growing medium.

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
      • Selvagens
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Niger
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Middle Asia
      • Turkmenistan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000478117
UNII I2FS198K1U
USDA Plants PLAF
Tropicos 25200264
INPN 113804
Flora of Italy 5133
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:684830-1
The Plant List kew-2556632
Open Tree Of Life 989026
Observations.org 120671
NCBI Taxonomy 101998
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000033683
IPNI 684830-1
iNaturalist 82873
GBIF 7303104
EPPO PLAAF
EOL 5486890
USDA GRIN 316475

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Scientific Literature Top

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A systematic methodology to assess the identity of plants in historical texts: A case study based on the Byzantine pharmacy text John the Physician's Therapeutics Lardos A, Patmore K, Allkin R, Lazarou R, Nesbitt M, Scott AC, Zipser B J Ethnopharmacol 25-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC7615571
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2023.117622
PMID:38128894
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Viruses of Economic Impact on Tomato Crops in Mexico: From Diagnosis to Management—A Review García-Estrada RS, Diaz-Lara A, Aguilar-Molina VH, Tovar-Pedraza JM Viruses 09-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9228091
doi:10.3390/v14061251
PMID:35746722
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders—Plants and Potential Mechanisms of Action of Their Constituents Czigle S, Bittner Fialová S, Tóth J, Mučaji P, Nagy M Molecules 30-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9105531
doi:10.3390/molecules27092881
PMID:35566230
The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104982
doi:10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:35567216
Operational definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine derived from a systematic search Ng JY, Dhawan T, Dogadova E, Taghi-Zada Z, Vacca A, Wieland LS, Moher D BMC Complement Med Ther 12-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9006507
doi:10.1186/s12906-022-03556-7
PMID:35413882
Ethnomedicinal and Ethnobotanical Survey in the Aosta Valley Side of the Gran Paradiso National Park (Western Alps, Italy) Danna C, Poggio L, Smeriglio A, Mariotti M, Cornara L Plants (Basel) 09-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8778718
doi:10.3390/plants11020170
PMID:35050058
Complete Mitogenomes of Two Aragoa Species and Phylogeny of Plantagineae (Plantaginaceae, Lamiales) Using Mitochondrial Genes and the Nuclear Ribosomal RNA Repeat Mower JP, Hanley L, Wolff K, Pabón-Mora N, González F Plants (Basel) 05-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8707427
doi:10.3390/plants10122673
PMID:34961143
Diverse phylogenetic neighborhoods enhance community resistance to drought in experimental assemblages Chaves R, Ferrandis P, Escudero A, Luzuriaga AL Sci Rep 18-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8602379
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01991-z
PMID:34795359
The Renaissance of Plant Mucilage in Health Promotion and Industrial Applications: A Review Dybka-Stępień K, Otlewska A, Góźdź P, Piotrowska M Nutrients 24-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8539170
doi:10.3390/nu13103354
PMID:34684354
West meets east: open up a dialogue on phytomedicine Li X, Chen W, Simal-Gandara J, Georgiev MI, Li H, Hu H, Wu X, Efferth T, Wang S Chin Med 19-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8287783
doi:10.1186/s13020-021-00467-6
PMID:34281584
Responses to Salinity in Four Plantago Species from Tunisia Ltaeif HB, Sakhraoui A, González-Orenga S, Landa Faz A, Boscaiu M, Vicente O, Rouz S Plants (Basel) 07-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8309215
doi:10.3390/plants10071392
PMID:34371595
Phytostabilization of Phosphate Mine Wastes Used as a Store-and-Release Cover to Control Acid Mine Drainage in a Semiarid Climate El Berkaoui M, El Adnani M, Hakkou R, Ouhammou A, Bendaou N, Smouni A Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8146361
doi:10.3390/plants10050900
PMID:33946966
Floristic and Vegetation Changes on a Small Mediterranean Island over the Last Century Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Guarino R, Minissale P, Pasta S, Tavilla G, Cristaudo A Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8065674
doi:10.3390/plants10040680
PMID:33916121

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Iridoid O-glycosides
2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-[[7-(hydroxymethyl)-1,4a,5,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-1-yl]oxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol 14081905 Click to see C1C=C(C2C1C=COC2OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)CO 330.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00306-X
Bartsioside, >=95% (LC/MS-ELSD) 10359257 Click to see C1C=C(C2C1C=COC2OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)CO 330.33 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00306-X
Yuheinoside 13890717 Click to see CC1CCC2(C1C(OC=C2C=O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)O 360.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00306-X

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