''Anarrhinum'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to the family
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...
.
Its native range is the
Mediterranean Basin
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and
West Asia
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with some reaching as far as
Germany
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and
Ethiopia
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.
Species:
* ''
Anarrhinum bellidifolium''
(L.) Willd.
* ''
Anarrhinum corsicum''
Jord. & Fourr.
* ''
Anarrhinum duriminium''
(Brot.) Pers.
* ''
Anarrhinum forskaohlii''
(J. F. Gmel.) Cufod.
* ''
Anarrhinum fruticosum''
Desf.
* ''
Anarrhinum laxiflorum''
Boiss.
* ''
Anarrhinum longipedicellatum''
R. Fern.
* ''
Anarrhinum pedatum''
Desf.
References
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Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae genera