Kickxia is a genus of plants in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It includes several species known commonly as cancerworts or fluellins. Species are mostly native to Europe, Central Asia, and Africa,[2] with two, K. elatine and K. spuria, well-established as invasive elsewhere.
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| Kickxia elatine | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Tribe: | Antirrhineae |
| Genus: | Kickxia Dumort.[1] |
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Taxonomy edit
The genus Kickxia was named after the Belgian botanist Jean Kickx.[2][3] Some species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to Nanorrhinum.[4]
Species edit
As of February 2018[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following Kickxia species:[1]
- 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 (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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Kickxia Dumort.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-02-03
- ^ a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ Hitchcock, C. Leo; Cronquist, Arthur (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest (2nd ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-29574-288-5.
- ^ Yousefi, Nafiseh; Zarre, Shahin & Heubl, Günther (2016), "Molecular phylogeny of the mainly Mediterranean genera Chaenorhinum, Kickxia and Nanorrhinum (Plantaginaceae, tribe Antirrhineae), with focus on taxa in the Flora Iranica region", Nordic Journal of Botany, 34 (4): 455–463, doi:10.1111/njb.01000
External links edit
- Jepson Manual Treatment — invasive species in California.
- USDA Plants Profile of Kickxia