EditorialThis issue is about the
Plantaginaceae. This family was very small in the past with only Plantago and a few other genera in it. With the start of DNA a analyses the family
Scrophulariaceae was shown to be a combination of all kinds of different plants. That was already know before in a more diffuse sense, as botanist used
Scrophulariaceae as a kind of garbage family by putting every genus in it that could find a good place otherwise.
A big part of the Scrophulariacae went to
Orobanchaceae, especially the partly or totally parasitic ones. This makes sense in the
Plant theory as the
Orobanchaceae are the parasitic clade in
Lamiales.
An even bigger part of
Scrophulariaceae was transferred to
Plantaginaceae. This transfer is confirmed by cases having a clear aspect of
Phase 1, the Phase of the
Plantaginaceae. Nice confirmations are the cases shown in this issue.
A special remedy is Russelia, that has been proved in
Madagascar as published in “
Veils of vision”. The
Stage 13 is also confirmed.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory 2 the
Stages have been reconsidered taking into account the homeopathic confirmations from cases and botanical phylogenetic studies.
The 12 subfamilies of the
Plantaginaceae can be divided in 2 groups, one from the old world and one from the new world, America.
It turned out that each group covers all the
Stages of the
Plantaginaceae. For example, the old world Antirrhineae contain the
Stages 5 to 8. The Cheloniae of the new world contain about the same
Stages. These subfamilies were considered close relatives before the advent of DNA studies. This is an example of the general experience that the DNA research does not seem to work for groups of plants from distant regions.
A graph shows the subfamilies with their connections
Stages Old world New world
1-4
Callitricheae5-8 Antirrhineae Cheloneae
9-12 Veroniceae Gratioleae
13-14 Digitalideae Russelieae
15
Globularieae Angeloniae
16-17 Plantagineae