Kickxia
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Kickxia is a genus of plants in the figwort family
. 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
. Genus Kickxia was named after the Belgian botany professor J. J. Kickx.
Selected species:
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, are a family of flowering plants. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers with bilateral or rarely radial symmetry. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including...
. 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
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....
. Genus Kickxia was named after the Belgian botany professor J. J. Kickx.
Selected species:
- Kickxia abhaica
- Kickxia cirrhosa
- Kickxia commutata
- Kickxia elatineKickxia elatineKickxia elatine is a species of flowering plant in the Figwort family known by several common names, including sharpleaf cancerwort and sharp-leaved fluellin. It is native to Europe and Asia, but it is present on other continents as an introduced species, and sometimes a noxious weed. This is a...
- sharpleaf cancerwort, pointed toadflax - Kickxia incana
- Kickxia lanigera
- Kickxia papillosa
- Kickxia spuriaKickxia spuriaKickxia spuria is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by several common names, including roundleaf cancerwort and round-leaved fluellin. It is native to Europe and Asia, but it is present on other continents as an introduced species, and sometimes a noxious weed. This is a low...
- roundleaf cancerwort