Figwort family
Scrophularia nodosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Genera
See text. Image File history File links Scrophularia_nodosa8. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... Portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ...

Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, is a family of plants. The type genus is Scrophularia L.. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Species See text Scrophularia L., 1753 - Figworts A Genus with about 200 species of the family Scrophulariaceae, mostly subshrubs and herbaceous perennials. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...

In the past it was treated as comprising about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but its circumscription has been radically altered since numerous molecular phylogenies have shown the traditional circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic. Many genera have recently been transferred to other families within the Lamiales, including several new families (Olmstead et al., 2001; Olmstead, 2003). Other families of the Lamiales have also had their circumscriptions enlarged to accommodate genera transferred from Scrophulariacae s.l. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including tropical mountains. Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... A cosmopolitan distribution is a term applied to a biological category of living things meaning that this category can be found anywhere around the world. ...

The family includes some medicinal plants, among them: Dioscorides’ Materia Medica, c. ...

• Leptandra, Black root, Culver's root, Leptandra
• Rehmannia, Chinese foxglove, used in Traditional Chinese medicine
• Scrophularia, figworts
• Verbascum, mulleins

Species See text. ... Traditional Chinese medicine shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. ... Species See text Scrophularia L., 1753 - Figworts A Genus with about 200 species of the family Scrophulariaceae, mostly subshrubs and herbaceous perennials. ... Species L. - moth mullein Bertol. ...

Genera

• Agalinis Raf. -- False foxglove
• Alectra Thunb.
• Alonsoa Ruiz & Pav.
• Aureolaria Raf. -- Yellow False foxglove
• Brachystigma Pennell -- Desert foxglove
• Buchnera L. -- Bluehearts
• Buddleja -- Butterfly-bush
• Capraria L.
• Dasistoma Raf.
• Diplacus Nutt. -- Bush monkeyflower
• Gerardia -- Misapplied (Gerardia is a genus in the family Acanthaceae)
• Hemianthus Nutt.
• Ilysanthes
• Lendneria Minod
• Leptandra -- Black root, Culver's root, Leptandra)
• Leucospora Nutt.
  
• Macranthera Nutt.
• Mimetanthe Greene
• Nemesia
• Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth. -- Cape fuchsia
• Rehmannia Libosch.
• Schwalbea L. -- Schwalbea
• Scrophularia L. -- Figwort
• Seymeria Pursh -- Black senna
• Striga Lour. -- Witchweed
• Sutera
• Tomanthera
• Torenia L.
• Verbascum L. -- Mullein

Species See text. ... Species About 100 species, including: Buddleja albiflora Buddleja alternifolia Buddleja americana Buddleja asiatica Buddleja auriculata Buddleja australis Buddleja bhutanica Buddleja candida Buddleja colvilei Buddleja crispa Buddleja crotonoides Buddleja curviflora Buddleja davidii Buddleja delavayi Buddleja fallowiana Buddleja forrestii Buddleja globosa Buddleja indica Buddleja japonica Buddleja lindleyana Buddleja madagascariensis Buddleja marrubiifolia Buddleja... Species See text. ... Species This list is currently incomplete Section Antirrhinum Antirrhinum australe Antirrhinum barrelieri Antirrhinum boissieri Antirrhinum braun-blanquetii Antirrhinum charidemi Antirrhinum graniticum Antirrhinum grosii Antirrhinum hispanicum Antirrhinum latifolium Antirrhinum lopesianum Antirrhinum majus Antirrhinum meonanthum Antirrhinum microphyllum Antirrhinum molle Antirrhinum onubensis Antirrhinum pertegasii Antirrhinum pulverulentum Antirrhinum rupestre Antirrhinum sempervirens Antirrhinum siculum Antirrhinum... Species See text. ... Species See text Scrophularia L., 1753 - Figworts A Genus with about 200 species of the family Scrophulariaceae, mostly subshrubs and herbaceous perennials. ... Noxious annual semiparasite of tropical and subtropical annual grasses. ... Sutera is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km southeast of Palermo and about 30 km west of Caltanissetta. ... Torenia is a genus of plants in the snapdragon family, Scrophulariaceae. ... Species L. - moth mullein Bertol. ...

References

• Olmstead, R. G., dePamphilis, C. W., Wolfe, A. D., Young, N. D., Elisons, W. J. & Reeves P. A. (2001). "Disintegration of the Scrophulariaceae". American Journal of Botany 88: 348-361.  - on line here.
• Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "Whatever happened to the Scrophulariaceae?". Fremontia 30: 13-22.  - on line here.
• Oxelman, B.; Kornhall, P.; Olmstead, R.G.; Bremer, B. (2005). "Further disintegration of the Scrophulariaceae". Taxon 54: 411-425. 

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• Kew list of Scrophulariaceae