| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Eudicots-Asterids I
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Family Common Name: Figwort Family
Genera: Scrophularia |
Defining Features: Some representatives
are hemi-parasitic on the roots of their hosts. Many genera in this family
are being placed in Veronicaceae.
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are indeterminate and terminal. Flowers usually
zygomorphic and bisexual. Gynoecium has a nectariferous disk. Ovaries are
superior with axile placentation. Fruit and Seed Features: Dicotyledon.
Fruits usually a septicidal capsule or schizocarp. Vegetative Features:
Habit varies from small shrubs to herbs, which are sometimes semi-parasitic.
Leaves are alternate or opposite. Leaves have entire or toothed margins.
Estipulate.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan,
mainly north temperate.
Economic Use: As cultivated
garden ornamentals.
Number of Genera Globally: 24
Number of Species Globally: 1,200
