- Family:
- Plumbaginaceae Juss.
Plumbago Tourn. ex L.

[FZ]
Plumbaginaceae, A. R. Vickery. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs or shrubs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, simple.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in alternate 1–flowered spikelets grouped in elongated terminal spikes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tubular, 5–ribbed, scarious.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla with narrow tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens free.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 1–locular; style 1 with 5 stigma lobes.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a capsule, membranous, enclosed in persistent calyx, dehiscing in a complete ring near base and often splitting into 5 valves from below.
[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, shrubby or climbing plants
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx united, tubular, stipitate-glandular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla salver-shaped, limb 5-parted
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments free, dilated at the base into concave scales
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Styles filiform, coherent; stigmas 5, filiform, glandular within
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Utricle membranous, rupturing around base and splitting by longitudinal valves from base to middle. Flowers almost sessile, 3-bracteate, lilac or pink
- Note
- Plumbago (from Latin plumbum, lead) is sometimes known as Leadwort on account of the glaucous greyish hue of the leaves.
- Distribution
- A genus of about 20 species found in the warm temperate and tropical regions of the world.
[FTEA]
Plumbaginaceae, C. M. Wilmot-Dear. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs or shrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, simple
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in alternate 3-bracteate 1 - flowered spikelets grouped into elongated terminal spikes; central (outer) bract largest
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, scarious between ribs, 5-toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla with narrow tube and rotate limb
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 1-locular; style 1, with 5 stigma-lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a capsule, membranous, with 5 small apical reflexed lobes, 1-seeded, enclosed in the persistent calyx, dehiscent by a complete ring near base, often splitting into 5 valves from below
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed dark brown or black, long, narrow, slightly flattened, tapering slightly towards apex, surface colliculate; hilum small, oval, in a longitudinal depression.
Doubtfully present in:
Guyana
Native to:
Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Ascension, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Cook Is., Czechoslovakia, Fiji, Laccadive Is., Madeira, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Portugal, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Tonga
- Plumbago africana (Lam.) Christenh. & Byng
- Plumbago amplexicaulis Oliv.
- Plumbago aphylla Bojer ex Boiss.
- Plumbago arabica (Boiss.) Christenh. & Byng
- Plumbago auriculata Lam.
- Plumbago caerulea Kunth
- Plumbago ciliata Engl. ex Wilmot-Dear
- Plumbago dawei Rolfe
- Plumbago europaea L.
- Plumbago glandulicaulis Wilmot-Dear
- Plumbago hunsbergensis van Jaarsv., Swanepoel & A.E.van Wyk
- Plumbago indica L.
- Plumbago ituriensis Ntore
- Plumbago madagascariensis M.Peltier
- Plumbago montis-elgonis Bullock
- Plumbago pearsonii L.Bolus
- Plumbago pendula (Kuntze) Christenh. & Byng
- Plumbago pulchella Boiss.
- Plumbago socotrana (Balf.f.) ined.
- Plumbago stenophylla Wilmot-Dear
- Plumbago tristis W.T.Aiton
- Plumbago wissii Friedrich
- Plumbago zeylanica L.
Plumbago Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 151 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 3: 486.
Flora of Iraq
- Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 151 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 75 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 151 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 75 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 151 (1753)
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