Plantago nubicola

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Plantaginaceae
genus = "Plantago"
species = "P. nubicola"
binomial = "Plantago nubicola"
synonyms = "Bougueria nubicola"

"Plantago nubicola" is a plant found in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.cite journal | url = http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/90/3/429 | title = Molecular systematics and biogeography of the amphibious genus Littorella (Plantaginaceae) | author = Ronald K. Hoggard, Paul J. Kores, Mia Molvray, Gloria D. Hoggard and David A. Broughton | journal = American Journal of Botany | year = 2003 | volume = 90 | pages = 429–435 ]

It was long classified as "Bougueria nubicola", the only species in the genus "Bougueria", and indeed it has a number of characteristics which make it different from the rest of "Plantago". Nor is its placement in "Plantago" easy to reconcile with its geographical distribution (in particular, its closest relative appears to be "Plantago ovata" which is found in the Mediterranean and only recently introduced to North America). However, molecular data from several studies places "P. nubicola" within the genus "Plantago". [Albach, D. C., Meudt, H. M. & Oxelman, B. 2005. [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/92/2/297 Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae] . "American Journal of Botany" 92: 297-315.]

References

Further reading

*Engler & Prantl. 1895. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. IV. 3. Fig. 150 (contains drawings)