Plantaginaceae Juss.
Plantago debilis R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 425 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(J.) v.v."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 396 [secondary reference]
Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 186 [basionym]
basionym of: Plantago varia var. debilis (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate
Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1168 [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 91 pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 153 pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 314
Pilger, R.K.F. in Engler, H.G.A. (1937), Das Pflanzenreich 102: 270 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 560 [secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 604 [secondary reference]
common name: Shade Plantain [n/a]
Briggs, B.G., Carolin, R.C. & Pulley, J.M. (1977), Plantaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 181: 20 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Hawkesbury & N[?] Brush, R. Brown 1802–3 (BM)"
nomenclatural synonym: Plantago varia var. debilis (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate
Briggs, B.G. (23 December 1980), Plantago multiscapa, a new species from eremaean Australia, and notes on Plantago in Western Australia. Telopea 2(1): 80-81 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Plantago varia var. exigua Pilg. legitimate
Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Plantaginaceae, Campanulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 348-349 [secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 618 [secondary reference]
common name: Shade Plantain [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 174 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Plantago varia var. debilis (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 154 [secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 140 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Plantaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 471, Fig. 65A [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Plantago varia var. debilis (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 59 [secondary reference]
Brown, M.J. in Banks, M.R., Smith, S.J., Orchard, A.E. & Kantvilas, G. (ed.) (1991), A synopsis of the genus Plantago L. in Tasmania. Aspects of Tasmanian Botany - a tribute to Winifred Curtis: 69 [secondary reference]
Briggs, B.G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Plantaginaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 596 [secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 327 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Plantaginaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 473, Fig. 92d [secondary reference]
common name: Shade Plantain [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 795 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Plantago varia var. debilis (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Plantago debilis R.Br. var. debilis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Plantago varia var. exigua Pilg. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 121 pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 792 pro parte misapplication: Plantago varia R.Br. legitimate by Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1975), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 4: 655
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, NI (naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 62 [secondary reference]