''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the
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 ...
(mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
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]Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 246 香薷属 xiang ru shu ''Elsholtzia'' Willdenow, Bot. Mag. (Romer & Usteri). 4(11): 3. 1790.
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The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz
Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (August 26, 1623 – February 28, 1688), (some sources mention his day of birth as August 28, and his death on February 19) was a German naturalist who was a native of Frankfurt an der Oder.
Biography
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#'' Elsholtzia amurensis'' Prob. - Amur region of Russia
#'' Elsholtzia angustifolia'' (Loes.) Kitag. - Korea, Manchuria
#'' Elsholtzia argyi'' H.Lév. - southern China, Vietnam
#'' Elsholtzia beddomei'' C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand
#'']Elsholtzia blanda
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' (Benth.) Benth. - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Sumatra, Viet Nam
#'' Elsholtzia bodinieri'' Vaniot - Guizhou, Yunnan
#'' Elsholtzia byeonsanensis'' M.Kim - South Korea
#'' Elsholtzia capituligera'' C.Y.Wu - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
#'' Elsholtzia cephalantha'' Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan
#''Elsholtzia ciliata
''Elsholtzia ciliata'', commonly known as Vietnamese balm, xiang ru (香薷) or ''kinh giới'' in Vietnamese, is a plant native to Asia. In the US, it can go by the name Crested Late Summer Mint. In US Vietnamese grocery stores, it is called Kin ...
'' (Thunb.) Hyl. - widespread across Siberia, Russian Far East, China, India, Himalayas, Japan, Korea, Indochina
#'' Elsholtzia communis'' (Collett & Hemsl.) Diels - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
#'' Elsholtzia concinna'' Vautier - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan
#'' Elsholtzia cyprianii'' (Pavol.) C.Y.Wu & S.Chow - central + southern China
#'' Elsholtzia densa'' Benth. - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Xingjiang, China, Mongolia
#''Elsholtzia eriocalyx
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - southern China
#'' Elsholtzia eriostachya'' (Benth.) Benth. - China, Tibet, Himalayas
#'' Elsholtzia feddei'' H.Lév - China, Tibet
#'' Elsholtzia flava'' Benth. - China, Himalayas
#''Elsholtzia fruticosa
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' (D.Don) Rehder - China, Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar
#''Elsholtzia glabra
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - China
#''Elsholtzia griffithii
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Hook.f - Myanmar, Assam
#''Elsholtzia hallasanensis
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Y.N.Lee - Jeju-do Island in Korea
#''Elsholtzia heterophylla
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Diels - Yunnan, Myanmar
#''Elsholtzia hunanensis
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Hand.-Mazz. - southern China
#''Elsholtzia kachinensis
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Prain - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
#''Elsholtzia litangensis
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' C.X.Pu & W.Y.Chen - Sichuan
#''Elsholtzia luteola
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Diels - Sichuan, Yunnan
#''Elsholtzia minima
''Elsholtzia'' is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.
The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist ...
'' Nakai - Jeju-do Island in Korea
#'' Elsholtzia myosurus'' Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
#'' Elsholtzia nipponica'' Ohwi - Japan
#'' Elsholtzia ochroleuca'' Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
#'' Elsholtzia oldhamii'' Hemsl. - Taiwan
#'' Elsholtzia penduliflora'' W.W.Sm - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam
#'' Elsholtzia pilosa'' (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam
#'' Elsholtzia pubescens'' Benth. - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Sulawesi
#'' Elsholtzia pygmaea'' W.W.Sm. - Yunnan
#'' Elsholtzia rugulosa'' Hemsl - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
#'' Elsholtzia serotina'' Kom - northern China, Japan, Korea, Primorye
#'' Elsholtzia souliei'' H.Lév. - Sichuan, Yunnan
#'' Elsholtzia splendens'' Nakai ex F.Maek. - China, Korea
#'' Elsholtzia stachyodes'' (Link) Raizada & H.O.Saxena - Indian Subcontinent, China, Myanmar
#'' Elsholtzia stauntonii'' Benth. - northern China
#'' Elsholtzia strobilifera'' (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar
#'' Elsholtzia winitiana'' Craib - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
References
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
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