''Anisomeles'' is a
genus
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of
herbs
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of the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 188, 广防风属 guang fang feng shu, ''Anisomeles'' R. Brown, Prodr. 503. 1810.
/ref> Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have small, flat, narrow elliptic to narrow e.g.-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the edges of the leaves sometimes wavy or serrated. The flowers are arranged in groups, with five sepal
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
s and five petals in two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes, the middle lobe much longer than the side lobes. There are four stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s that extend beyond the petals and a single style in a depression on top of the ovary
The ovary is an organ in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum. When released, this travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus, where it may become fertilized by a sperm. There is an ovary () found on each side of the body. ...
. The fruit is a schizocarp with four nutlets containing small seeds.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Anisomeles'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''.
Species list
The following is a list of species of ''Anisomeles'' accepted by Plants of the World Online
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as of March 2021:F.M.Bailey
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& F.Muell.
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) A.R.Bean
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- Queensland
* ''Anisomeles antrorsa
''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...
'' A.R.Bean - Queensland
* '' Anisomeles bundelensis'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory
* '' Anisomeles candicans'' Benth.
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- Myanmar, Thailand
* '' Anisomeles carpentarica'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Queensland
* '' Anisomeles eriodes'' A.R.Bean - Queensland
* '' Anisomeles farinacea'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Western Australia
* '' Anisomeles grandibracteata'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory
* ''Anisomeles indica
''Anisomeles indica'', or catmint, is a species of herbaceous plant native to eastern Asia
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- China, Tibet, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Christmas Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Madagascar; naturalized in Fiji, Samoa, Jamaica, Trinidad
* '' Anisomeles inodora'' R.Br. - Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
* '' Anisomeles languida'' A.R.Bean - Queensland
* '' Anisomeles leucotricha'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory
* '' Anisomeles macdonaldii'' A.R.Bean - Queensland
* ''Anisomeles malabarica
''Anisomeles malabarica'', more commonly known as the Malabar catmint, is a species of herbaceous shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of India, and Sri Lanka, but can also be found in Malaysia, Banglad ...
'' (L.) R.Br. ex Sims - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, northern Australia
* ''Anisomeles ornans
''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...
'' A.R.Bean - Queensland
* ''Anisomeles papuana
''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...
'' A.R.Bean - Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland
* ''Anisomeles principis
''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...
'' A.R.Bean - Lesser Sunda Is., Western Australia
* '' Anisomeles tirunelveliensis'' Rajakumar, Selvak. & S.Murug. - India
* '' Anisomeles viscidula'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Western Australia
* '' Anisomeles vulpina'' A.R.Bean - Queensland
* '' Anisomeles × intermedia'' Wight
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ex Benth. - India
References
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Lamiaceae genera