Genus
Hippuris (Mare’s-tails)
Hippuris vulgaris. Photo: (c) Eric Hough, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hippuris, the Mare’s tail, was previously the sole genus in the family Hippuridaceae. Following genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, it has now been transferred to the family Plantaginaceae, with Hippuridaceae being reduced to a synonym of Plantaginaceae.