''Capraria'' 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 in the family

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

. It is sometimes placed in the families Gratiolaceae,

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 ...

, or

Veronicaceae 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 ...

. The name is derived from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word ''caprarius'', meaning "pertaining to goats." This refers to goats being one of the few herbivores that will graze on the plants.

Selected species

*'' Capraria biflora'' L. – Goatweed *'' Capraria mexicana'' Moric. ex

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

– Tamaulipan tea

Formerly placed here

*'' Lindernia crustacea'' (L.) F.Muell. (as ''C. crustacea'' L.) *'' Leucospora multifida'' (Michx.) Nutt. (as ''C. multifida'' Michx.)

References

External links

* * Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae genera {{Scrophulariaceae-stub