''Matsumurella'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in 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 ...

, first described in 1915. It is native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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/ref> The genus is closely related to '' Galeobdolon'', and the species below are discussed under that name in Flora of China.Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 158 小野芝麻属 xiao ye zhi ma shu ''Galeobdolon'' Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 190. 1763.
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Matsumurella chinensis ''Matsumurella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1915. It is native to China and Japan. The genus is closely related to ''Galeobdolon'', and the species below are discussed under that name in Flora of C ...

'' (Benth.) Bendiksby - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang # '' Matsumurella kwangtungensis'' (C.Y.Wu) Bendiksby - Guangdong # '' Matsumurella szechuanensis'' (C.Y.Wu) Bendiksby - Chongqing # '' Matsumurella tuberifera'' (Makino) Makino - Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi # '' Matsumurella yangsoensis'' (Y.Z.Sun) Bendiksby - Guangxi

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Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub