Kickxia
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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, with two, K. elatine and K. spuria, well-established as invasive elsewhere.
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, with two, K. elatine and K. spuria, well-established as invasive elsewhere. ==Taxonomy== The genus Kickxia was named after the Belgian botanist Jean Kickx. Some species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to Nanorrhinum. ===Species=== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following Kickxia species: 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== Plants with common names that utilize Germanic suffix -wort ==References== ==External links== Jepson Manual Treatment — invasive species in California. USDA Plants Profile of Kickxia
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