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Definition: Indian plantain

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain.[Wordnet].
Expression 1. (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus Cacalia , tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray.[Websters].

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Extended Definition: Indian plantain

Arnoglossum

Arnoglossum
Pale Indian Plantain
Pale Indian Plantain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Arnoglossum
Raf. 1817[1][2]
Species

See text.

Arnoglossum or by its common name Indian plantain is a genus of the family Asteraceae and the tribe Senecioneae whose genera have been misapplied and renamed. In the case of Arnoglossum, the genus name Cacalia has been misapplied. The name Arnoglossum is from the Greek word "arnos" meaning lamb, and "glossum" meaning tongue and is the ancient name for some species of Plantago.[1]

Selected species

A list of some species of Arnoglossum and other names they have had:[1][2][3][4]

  • Arnoglossum album L. C. Anderson
  • Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (L.) H.Rob. - Pale Indian Plantain
    • Cacalia atriplicifolia L.
    • Cacalia rotundifolia (Raf.) House
    • Mesadenia atriplicifolia (L.) Raf.
  • Arnoglossum diversifolium (Torr. & Gray) H.Rob. - Variable-leaved Indian Plantain
    • Cacalia diversifolia Torr. & Gray
    • Mesadenia diversifolia (Torr. & Gray) Greene
  • Arnoglossum floridanum (Gray) H.Rob. - Florida cacalia
    • Cacalia floridana Gray
    • Mesadenia floridana (Gray) Greene
  • Arnoglossum muehlenbergii (Sch.Bip.) H.Rob. - Great Indian Plantain
    • Arnoglossum reniforme (Hook.) H.E. Robins.
    • Cacalia muehlenbergii (Schultz-Bip.) Fern.
    • Cacalia reniformis Muhl. ex Willd., non Lam.
    • Mesadenia reniformis Raf.
    • Senecio muehlenbergii Schultz-Bip.
  • Arnoglossum ovatum (Walter) H.Rob. - Ovateleaf cacalia
    • Cacalia elliottii (Harper) Shinners
    • Cacalia lanceolata Nutt.
    • Cacalia ovata Walt.
    • Mesadenia elliottii Harper
    • Mesadenia lanceolata (Nutt.) Raf.
    • Mesadenia maxima Harper
  • Arnoglossum plantagineum Raf. - Tuberous Indian-plantain or Arnoglossum or Groovestem Indian plaintain
    • Cacalia paniculata Raf.
    • Cacalia plantaginea (Raf.) Shinners
    • Cacalia pteranthes Raf.
    • Cacalia tuberosa Nutt.
    • Mesadenia tuberosa (Nutt.) Britt.
  • Arnoglossum sulcatum (Fernald) H.Rob - Georgia Indian plaintain
    • Cacalia sulcata Fern.
    • Mesadenia sulcata (Fern.) Harper

References

  1. a b c Flora of North America. "232. Arnoglossum Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 64. 1817." (HTML) Page 542, 622. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. a b Arnoglossum (TSN 36582). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 2008-04-15 1999.
  3. International Plant Names Index (2005). "International Plant Names Index" (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  4. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Arnoglossum Raf." (HTML). The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture,. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.

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