''Micromeria'' is a genus of

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s in the mint family,

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, widespread across

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, and

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, with a center of diversity in the

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region and the

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Satureja ''Satureja'' is a genus of aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae, related to rosemary and thyme. It is native to North Africa, southern and southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. A few New World species were formerly included i ...

''. The name is derived from the

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words μῑκρος (''mīkros''), meaning "small," and μερίς (''meris''), meaning "portion," referring to the leaves and flowers. ;Species # '' Micromeria acropolitana'' Halácsy - Greece (presumed extinct, rediscovered 2006) # '' Micromeria albanica'' (K.Malý) Šilic - Albania, Yugoslavia # '' Micromeria × angosturae'' P.Pérez Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands ''(M. tenuis ''subsp''. linkii × M. varia ''subsp''. canariensis)'' # ''

Micromeria arganietorum ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' (Emb.) R.Morales - Morocco # '' Micromeria benthamii'' Webb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria × benthamineolens'' Svent. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (M. benthamii × M. pineolens) # ''

Micromeria biflora ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth. - Himalayas from Afghanistan to Myanmar (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan, Guizhou, Yunnan) # '' Micromeria × bourlieri'' Maire & Le Lièvre - Algeria, Morocco (M. graeca × M. inodora) # ''

Micromeria brivesii ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' Batt. - Morocco # ''

Micromeria × broussonetii ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' A.Santos, A.Acev.-Rodr. & Reyes-Bet. - Canary Islands ''(M. densiflora × M. varia)'' # ''

Micromeria browiczii ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' Ziel. & Kit Tan - Greece # '' Micromeria chionistrae'' Meikle - Cyprus # ''

Micromeria conferta ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' (Coss. & Daveau) Stefani - Libya # ''

Micromeria × confusa ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' G.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands ''(M. benthamii × M. lanata)'' # ''

Micromeria cremnophila ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' Boiss. & Heldr. - Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon # '' Micromeria cristata'' (Hampe) Griseb. - Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Iran, Cyprus # ''

Micromeria croatica ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' (Pers.) Schott - Albania, Yugoslavia # ''

Micromeria cymuligera ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' Boiss. & Hausskn. - Turkey # ''

Micromeria danaensis ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' Danin - Jordan # '' Micromeria debilis'' Pomel - Algeria, Morocco # '' Micromeria densiflora'' Benth. - Tenerife in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria elliptica'' K.Koch - Turkey # '' Micromeria filiformis'' (Aiton) Benth. - Corsica, Sardinia, Balearic Islands # '' Micromeria flacca'' (Nábelek) Hedge - Turkey, Iraq # '' Micromeria flagellaris'' Baker - Madagascar # '' Micromeria fontanesii'' Pomel - Algeria, Morocco # ''

Micromeria forbesii ''Micromeria forbesii'' is a species of flowering plants of the genus ''Micromeria''. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales ...

'' Benth. - Cape Verde Islands # ''

Micromeria fruticosa ''Micromeria fruticosa'' (syn. ''Clinopodium serpyllifolium subsp. fruticosum''), commonly known as white micromeria or white-leaved savory, is a dwarf evergreen shrub endemic to the eastern Mediterranean.Dudai et alDevelopmental Control of Monot ...

'' (L.) Druce - Eastern Mediterranean # '' Micromeria glomerata'' P.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria graeca'' (L.) Benth. ex Rchb. - Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey # '' Micromeria guichardii'' (Quézel & Zaffran) Brullo & Furnari - Libya # '' Micromeria hedgei'' Rech.f. - Iran # '' Micromeria helianthemifolia'' Webb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria herpyllomorpha'' Webb & Berthel. - La Palma in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria hispida'' Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth. - Crete # '' Micromeria hochreutineri'' (Briq.) Maire - Algeria, Morocco # '' Micromeria × hybrida'' Zagan - Greece including Crete ''(M. graeca × M. nervosa)'' # '' Micromeria hyssopifolia'' Webb & Berthel. - Tenerife + El Hierro in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria imbricata (Forssk.)'' C.Chr. - Africa from Nigeria to Ethiopia to Transvaal, Arabian Peninsula # '' Micromeria inodora'' (Desf.) Benth. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain including Balearic Islands # '' Micromeria × intermedia'' G.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands ''(M. benthamii × M. helianthemifolia)'' # '' Micromeria juliana'' (L.) Benth. ex Rchb. - Mediterranean # '' Micromeria kerneri'' Murb. - Yugoslavia # '' Micromeria lachnophylla'' Webb & Berthel. - Tenerife in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria lanata'' (C.Sm. ex Link) Benth. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria lasiophylla'' Webb & Berthel. - Canary Islands # '' Micromeria lepida'' Webb & Berthel. La Gomera in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria leucantha'' Svent. ex P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria longipedunculata'' Bräuchler - Yugoslavia, Albania # '' Micromeria macrosiphon'' Coss. - Morocco # '' Micromeria madagascariensis'' Baker - Madagascar # '' Micromeria marginata'' (Sm.) Chater - Alpes Maritimes in France, Liguria + Sardinia in Italy # '' Micromeria × meteorica'' Hausskn. - Greece ''(M. cremnophila × M. juliana)'' # '' Micromeria microphylla'' (d'Urv.) Benth. - Balearic Islands, Sicily, Malta, southern mainland Italy, Crete, Cyprus, Libya # '' Micromeria monantha'' (Font Quer) R.Morales - Morocco # '' Micromeria myrtifolia'' Boiss. & Hohen. - from Greece to Iran # ''

Micromeria nervosa ''Micromeria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, with a center of diversity in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. It is sometimes placed within ...

'' (Desf.) Benth. - Mediterranean from Algeria + Balearic Islands to Turkey # '' Micromeria × nogalesii'' G.Kunkel & P.Pérez - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (''M. lanata × M. varia subsp. canariensis)'' # '' Micromeria peltieri'' (Maire) R.Morales - Morocco # '' Micromeria × perez-pazii'' G.Kunkel - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands ''(M. benthamii × M. tenuis)'' # '' Micromeria persica'' Boiss. - Iran, Iraq, Turkey # '' Micromeria pineolens'' Svent. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria × preauxii'' Webb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands ''(M. benthamii × M. varia ''subsp''. canariensis)'' # '' Micromeria pseudocroatica'' Šilic - Yugoslavia # '' Micromeria rivas-martinezii'' Wildpret - Tenerife in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria serbaliana'' Danin & Hedge - Sinai # '' Micromeria sinaica'' Benth. - Sinai, Israel # '' Micromeria sphaciotica'' Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.- Crete # '' Micromeria sphaerophylla'' Baker - Madagascar # '' Micromeria suborbicularis'' (Alain) Borhidi - Cuba # '' Micromeria × tagananensis'' P.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands ''(M. glomerata × M. varia)'' # '' Micromeria teneriffae'' (Poir.) Benth. ex G.Don - Tenerife in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria tenuis'' (Link) Webb & Berthel. - Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands # '' Micromeria unguentaria'' Schweinf. - Ethiopia # '' Micromeria varia'' Benth. - Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands # '' Micromeria weilleri'' (Maire) R.Morales - Morocco # '' Micromeria × wildpretii'' P.Pérez - Tenerife in the Canary Islands ''(M. rivas-martinezii × M. varia)''

Formerly placed here

* ''

Clinopodium bolivianum ''Clinopodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is in the tribe Mentheae of the subfamily Nepetoideae, but little else can be said with certainty about its phylogenetic position. The genus name ''Clinopodium'' is d ...

'' (Benth.) Kuntze (as ''M. boliviana'' Benth.) * ''

Clinopodium brownei ''Clinopodium brownei'', or Browne's savory, is a perennial with sprawling square stems and opposite leaves. This herb is heavily pubescent on the stem and inner and outer calyx. The corolla is bilabiate. The lips are thin and delicate and may ...

'' (Sw.) Kuntze (as ''M. brownei'' (Sw.) Benth. and ''M. pilosiuscula'' (A.Gray) Small) * ''

Clinopodium douglasii ''Clinopodium douglasii'', or yerba buena, is a rambling aromatic herb of western and northwestern North America, ranging from maritime Alaska southwards to California. The plant takes the form of a sprawling, mat-forming perennial, and is especi ...

'' (Benth.) Kuntze. (as ''M. douglasii'' Benth.) * '' Mentha japonica'' (Miq.) Makino (as ''M. japonica'' Miq.) * ''

Mosla japonica ''Mosla'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1875. It is native to eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and southeastern Asia. ;Species # ''Mosla bracteata'' Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam # ''Mosla cavaler ...

'' (Oliv.) Maxim. (as ''M. perforata'' Miq.)

References

The Plant List entry

External links

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