Editing Plantago (section)

==Species==
The boundaries of the genus ''Plantago'' have been fairly stable, with the main question being whether to include ''[[Bougueria]]'' (one species from the [[Andes]]) and ''[[Littorella]]'' (2–3 species of aquatic plants).<ref name="albach">Albach, D. C., Meudt, H. M. & Oxelman, B. 2005. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209160726/http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/92/2/297 Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae]. ''American Journal of Botany'' 92: 297–315.</ref>

There are about 200 species of ''Plantago'', including:

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*''[[Plantago afra]]''
*''[[Plantago africana]]''
*''[[Plantago aitchisonii]]''
*''[[Plantago alpina]]''
*''[[Plantago amplexicaulis]]''
*''[[Plantago arborescens]]''
*''[[Plantago arenaria]]''—Branched plantain
*''[[Plantago argentea]]''
*''[[Plantago aristata]]''—Bracted plantain, largebracted plantain
*''[[Plantago asiatica]]''—Chinese plantain, obako, arnoglossa
*''[[Plantago aucklandica]]''
*''[[Plantago bigelovii]]''
*''[[Plantago canescens]]''
*''[[Plantago cladarophylla]]''
*''[[Plantago coreana]]''
*''[[Plantago cordata]]''—Heartleaf plantain
*''[[Plantago coronopus]]''—Buckshorn plantain
*''[[Plantago cornuti]]''
*''[[Plantago cretica]]''
*''[[Plantago cynops]]''
*''[[Plantago debilis]]''—Shade plantain, weak plantain
*''[[Plantago elongata]]''—Prairie plantain, slender plantain
*''[[Plantago erecta]]''—California plantain, foothill plantain, dot-seed plantain, English plantain, dwarf plantain
*''[[Plantago eriopoda]]''—Redwool plantain
*''[[Plantago erosa]]''
*''[[Plantago fernandezia]]''
*''[[Plantago fischeri]]''
*''[[Plantago gentianoides]]''
*''[[Plantago glabrifolia]]''
*''[[Plantago grayana]]''
*''[[Plantago gunnii]]'' - bolster plantain or bolster plantago
*''[[Plantago hawaiensis]]''—Hawaiian plantain
*''[[Plantago hedleyi]]''
*''[[Plantago helleri]]''—Heller's plantain
*''[[Plantago heterophylla]]''
*''[[Plantago hillebrandii]]''
*''[[Plantago himalaica]]''
*''[[Plantago holosteum]]''
*''[[Plantago hookeriana]]''—Hookers plantain, tallow weed, California plantain
*''[[Plantago incisa]]''
*''[[Plantago indica]]''
*''[[Plantago krajinai]]''
*''[[Plantago lagopus]]''—Hare's foot plantain
*''[[Plantago lanceolata]]''—Ribwort plantain
*''[[Plantago lanigera]]''
*''[[Plantago leiopetala]]''—Madeira plantain
*''[[Plantago longissima]]''
*''[[Plantago macrocarpa]]''
*''[[Plantago major]]''—Greater plantain, common plantain
*''[[Plantago maritima]]''—Sea plantain
*''[[Plantago maxima]]''
*''[[Plantago media]]''—Hoary plantain
*''[[Plantago melanochrous]]''
*''[[Plantago moorei]]''—Moore's plantain
*''[[Plantago musicola]]''
*''[[Plantago nivalis]]''
*''[[Plantago novae-zelandiae]]''
*''[[Plantago nubicola]]'' (also known as ''Bougueria nubicola'')
*''[[Plantago obconica]]''
*''[[Plantago ovata]]''—Indian wheat, blond psyllium
*''[[Plantago pachyphylla]]''
*''[[Plantago palustris]]''
*''[[Plantago palmata]]''
*''[[Plantago patagonica]]''—Woolly plantain
*''[[Plantago picta]]''
*''[[Plantago polysperma]]''
*''[[Plantago princeps]]''
*''[[Plantago purshii]]''—Woolly plantain
*''[[Plantago pusilla]]''
*''[[Plantago psyllium]]''—Sand plantain, French or dark psyllium
*''[[Plantago raoulii]]''
*''[[Plantago rapensis]]''
*''[[Plantago remota]]''
*''[[Plantago reniformis]]''
*''[[Plantago rhodosperma]]''—Redseed plantain, redseed indianwheat
*''[[Plantago rigida]]''
*''[[Plantago robusta]]''
*''[[Plantago rugelii]]''—Blackseed plantain
*''[[Plantago rupicola]]''
*''[[Plantago schneideri]]''
*''[[Plantago sempervirens]]''
*''[[Plantago sparsiflora]]''
*''[[Plantago spathulata]]''
*''[[Plantago subnuda]]''—Tall coastal plantain
*''[[Plantago tanalensis]]''
*''[[Plantago taqueti]]''
*''[[Plantago tenuiflora]]''
*''[[Plantago triandra]]''
*''[[Plantago triantha]]''
*''[[Plantago tweedyi]]''
*''[[Plantago udicola]]''
*''[[Plantago unibracteata]]''
*''[[Plantago virginica]]''—Virginia plantain, paleseed plantain
*''[[Plantago winteri]]'' 
*''[[Plantago wrightiana]]''—Wright's plantain
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=== Etymology ===
The genus name ''Plantago'' descends from the classical [[Latin]] name {{lang|la|plantago}}, which in classical Latin meant some ''Plantago'' species, including ''[[Plantago major]]'' and ''[[Plantago media]]''. In Latin the name was formed from the classical Latin word {{lang|la|planta}} = "sole of the foot". The name was so formed in Latin because the leaves of these species grow out near flat at ground level. The suffix {{lang|la|-ago}} in Latin means "a sort of".<ref>"Plantago" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=NJ6PyhVuecwC&q=plantago ''The Names of Plants''], by David Gledhill, year 2008. Compare the definitions of "planta", "plantago" and "plantarium" in [http://athirdway.com/glossa/ Lewis and Short's Latin-English Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029155201/http://athirdway.com/glossa/ |date=2009-10-29 }}. See "planta" at [http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/30658/planta-plantae Latin-Dictionary.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911142243/http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/30658/planta-plantae |date=2014-09-11 }}.</ref>