Kickxia is a genus of plants in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It includes several species known commonly as cancerworts or fluellins. Species are mostly native to Europe, Central Asia, and Africa,
Taxonomy
The genus
Kickxia was named after the
Belgians botanist Jean Kickx.
Some species formerly placed in this genus have been reassigned to
Nanorrhinum.
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Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following Kickxia species:[
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Kickxia aegyptiaca (L.) Nábelek
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Kickxia caucasica (Muss.Puschk. ex Spreng.) Kuprian.
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Kickxia cirrhosa (L.) Fritsch
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Kickxia collenetteana D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia commutata (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch
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Kickxia × confinis (Lacroix) Soó
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Kickxia corallicola D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia dentata (Vahl) D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. - sharpleaf cancerwort
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Kickxia elatinoides (Desf.) Rothm.
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Kickxia floribunda (Boiss.) Täckh. & Boulos
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Kickxia glaberrima (J.A.Schmidt) D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia gombaultii (J.Thiébaut) Mouterde ex Charpin
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Kickxia hartlii (Betsche) D.Heller
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Kickxia lanigera (Desf.) Hand.-Mazz.
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Kickxia membranacea D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia papillosa R.R.Mill
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Kickxia pendula (G.Kunkel) G.Kunkel
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Kickxia petiolata D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia pseudoscoparia V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia sabarum V.W.Sm. & D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia saccata D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia scalarum D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia spiniflora (O.Schwartz) D.A.Sutton
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Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. - roundleaf cancerwort
See also
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Plants with common names that utilize Germanic suffix -wort
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