Kickxia
Kickxia is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae. It includes several species of plants known commonly as cancerworts or fluellins. They are mostly native to Europe, but two species, K. elatine and K. spuria are well-known elsewhere as invasive weeds.Taxonomy
The genus Kickxia was named after the Belgian botanist Jean Kickx. Some species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to Nanorrhinum.Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
- Kickxia aegyptiaca Nábelek
- Kickxia caucasica Kuprian.
- Kickxia cirrhosa Fritsch
- Kickxia collenetteana D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia commutata Fritsch
- Kickxia × confinis Soó
- Kickxia corallicola D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia dentata D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia elatine Dumort.
- Kickxia elatinoides Rothm.
- Kickxia floribunda Täckh. & Boulos
- Kickxia glaberrima D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia gombaultii Mouterde ex Charpin
- Kickxia hartlii D.Heller
- Kickxia lanigera Hand.-Mazz.
- Kickxia membranacea D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia papillosa R.R.Mill
- Kickxia pendula G.Kunkel
- Kickxia petiolata D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia pseudoscoparia V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia sabarum V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia saccata D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia scalarum D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia spiniflora D.A.Sutton
- Kickxia spuria Dumort.