Plumbago

Plumbago
Plumbago auriculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Plumbago Tourn. ex L. (1753)
Type species
Plumbago europaea L.
Species[1]
23; see text
Synonyms[1]
Dyerophytum Kuntze (1891) Findlaya Bowdich (1825) Molubda Raf. (1838) Plumbagidium Spach (1841) Thela Lour. (1790) Vogelia Lam. (1792), nom. illeg.

Plumbago is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus Ceratostigma).