Plumbago

Plumbago
Plumbago auriculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Plumbago
L.[1]
Type species
Plumbago europaea
L.

Plumbago is a genus of 10–20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus Ceratostigma).

  1. ^ "Plumbago L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2002-01-02. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-01-29.