Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, is a family of plants. The type genus is Scrophularia L..

In the past it was treated as comprising about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but its circumscription has been radically altered since numerous molecular phylogenies have shown the traditional circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic. Many genera have recently been transferred to other families within the Lamiales, including several new families (Olmstead et al., 2001; Olmstead, 2003). Other families of the Lamiales have also had their circumscriptions enlarged to accommodate genera transferred from Scrophulariacae s.l. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including tropical mountains.

The family includes some medicinal plants, among them:

• Leptandra, Black root, Culver's root, Leptandra)
• Rehmannia, Chinese foxglove, used in Traditional Chinese medicine
• Scrophularia, figworts
• Verbascum, mulleins

Genera

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• Agalinis Raf. -- false foxglove
• Alectra Thunb.
• Alonsoa Ruiz & Pav.
• Aureolaria Raf. -- false foxglove
• Brachystigma Pennell -- desert foxglove
• Buchnera L. -- bluehearts
• Buddleja -- butterfly-bush
• Capraria L.
• Dasistoma Raf.
• Diplacus Nutt. -- bush monkeyflower
• Gerardia
• Hemianthus Nutt.
• Ilysanthes
• Lendneria Minod
• Leptandra -- Black root, Culver's root, Leptandra)
• Leucospora Nutt.
  
• Macranthera Nutt.
• Mimetanthe Greene
• Rehmannia Libosch.
• Schwalbea L. -- schwalbea
• Scrophularia L. -- figwort
• Seymeria Pursh -- black senna
• Striga Lour. -- witchweed
• Tomanthera
• Torenia L.
• Verbascum L. -- mullein

and many more.

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The following genera, traditionally included in the Scrophulariaceae, have now been transferred by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to other families on genetic evidence:

• Amphianthus -> Plantaginaceae
• Angelonia -> Plantaginaceae
• Antirrhinum -> Plantaginaceae
• Bacopa -> Plantaginaceae
• Bartsia -> Orobanchaceae
• Bellardia -> Orobanchaceae
• Besseya -> Plantaginaceae
• Calceolaria -> Calceolariaceae
• Castilleja -> Orobanchaceae
• Chaenorrhinum -> Plantaginaceae
• Chelone -> Plantaginaceae
• Chionophila -> Plantaginaceae
• Collinsia -> Plantaginaceae
• Cordylanthus -> Orobanchaceae
• Cymbalaria -> Plantaginaceae
• Digitalis -> Plantaginaceae
• Dopatrium -> Plantaginaceae
• Epixiphium -> Plantaginaceae
• Euphrasia -> Orobanchaceae
• Galvezia -> Plantaginaceae
• Gambelia -> Plantaginaceae
• Glossostigma -> Phrymaceae
• Gratiola -> Plantaginaceae
• Hebe -> Plantaginaceae
• Holmgrenanthe -> Plantaginaceae
• Howelliella -> Plantaginaceae
• Keckiella -> Plantaginaceae
• Kickxia -> Plantaginaceae
• Lagotis -> Plantaginaceae
• Leucophyllum -> Plantaginaceae
• Limnophila -> Plantaginaceae
• Limosella -> Plantaginaceae
• Linaria -> Plantaginaceae
• Lindernia -> Plantaginaceae
• Lophospermum -> Plantaginaceae
• Mabrya -> Plantaginaceae
• Maurandella -> Plantaginaceae
• Maurandya -> Plantaginaceae
• Mazus -> Phrymaceae
• Mecardonia -> Plantaginaceae
• Melampyrum -> Orobanchaceae
• Micranthemum -> Plantaginaceae
• Mimulus -> Phrymaceae
• Misopates -> Plantaginaceae
• Mohavea -> Plantaginaceae
• Nemesia -> Plantaginaceae
• Neogaerrhinum -> Plantaginaceae
• Nothochelone -> Plantaginaceae
• Nuttallanthus -> Plantaginaceae
• Odontites -> Orobanchaceae
• Orobanche -> Orobanchaceae
• Orthocarpus -> Orobanchaceae
• Parentucellia -> Orobanchaceae
• Pedicularis -> Orobanchaceae
• Paulownia -> Paulowniaceae
• Penstemon -> Plantaginaceae
• Pseudorontium -> Plantaginaceae
• Rhinanthus -> Orobanchaceae
• Russelia -> Plantaginaceae
• Sairocarpus -> Plantaginaceae
• Schistophragma -> Plantaginaceae
• Scoparia -> Plantaginaceae
• Stemodia -> Plantaginaceae
• Synthyris -> Plantaginaceae
• Tonella -> Plantaginaceae
• Triphysaria -> Orobanchaceae
• Veronica -> Plantaginaceae
• Veronicastrum -> Plantaginaceae

References

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External links

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• Kew list of Scrophulariaceae

Lamiales | Scrophulariaceae | Plant families

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