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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 ...

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Angiosperm Phylogeny Website The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (or APweb) is a website dedicated to research on angiosperm phylogeny and taxonomy. The site is hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden website and maintained by researchers, Peter F. Stevens and Hilary M. Davis ...

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IPNI The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It inclu ...

standard. *'' Acanthomintha'' (A. Gray) Bentham & J. D. Hooker *''

Aeollanthus ''Aeollanthus'' is a genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. All the species are native to Africa. ;Species * '' Aeollanthus abyssinicus'' Hochst. ex Benth. – Ethiopia * '' Aeollanthus alternatus'' Ryding – Tanzania, Zambia * '' Aeollanthus amb ...

'' Sprengel *''

Agastache ''Agastache'' () is a genus of aromatic flowering herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae. It contains 22 species, mainly native to North America, one species native to eastern Asia. The common names of the species are a variety of f ...

'' Gronovius *''

Alvesia ''Alvesia'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1869. It is native to central Africa.Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., ...

'' Welwitsch *'' Anisochilus'' Bentham *'' Asterohyptis'' Epling *'' Basilicum'' Moench *'' Benguellia'' G. Taylor *'' Blephilia'' Rafinesque *''

Bystropogon ''Bystropogon'' is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Canary Islands and Madeira in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Allied to the ''Origanum'' and ''Thymus'', the genus is characterized by tiny flowers in muc ...

'' L'Héritier *'' Cantinoa'' Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Capitanopsis ''Capitanopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1916. It contains six known species, all endemic to Madagascar. Taxonomy Phylogeny In 2019, Paton et al. published a summary cladogram for the subtribe Plectrant ...

'' S. Moore *''

Catoferia ''Catoferia'' is a small genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae composed of only four different species. First described in full by George Bentham in 1876, said species are native to southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Peru. Amongst ...

'' (Bentham) Bentham *'' Cedronella'' Moench *'' Cleonia'' L. *''

Clinopodium ''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 deri ...

'' L. *''

Coleus ''Coleus'' is a genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent, sometimes with a fleshy or tuberous rootstock, found in the Old World tropics and subtropics. The relationship among the genera ''Coleus'', '' Solenostemon'' and ...

'' Loureiro *''

Collinsonia ''Collinsonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to East Asia and eastern North America.Alan S. Weakley. "Collinsonia" page 745. In: ''Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia'' (title varying with update) ...

'' L. *''

Condea ''Condea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. Species * '' Condea albida'' * '' Condea americana'' * '' Condea anitae'' * '' Condea chyliantha'' * '' Condea cubensis'' * '' Condea decipiens'' * '' Condea domingensis'' * '' ...

'' Adanson *''

Conradina ''Conradina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.Raymond M. Harley, Sandy Atkins, Andrey L. Budantsev, Philip D. Cantino, Barry J. Conn, Renée J. Grayer, Madeline M. Harley, Rogier P.J. de Kok, Tatyana V. Krestovskaja, ...

'' A. Gray *''

Cuminia ''Cuminia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1835. It contains only one known species, ''Cuminia eriantha''. It is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island, one of the Juan Fernández Islands in the southeast Pa ...

'' Colla *''

Cunila ''Cunila'' is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1759. It is native to North and South America.Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118. ;Species #'' Cunila angustifolia'' Benth. ...

'' L. *''

Cyanocephalus ''Cyanocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to 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 p ...

'' (Bentham) Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Cyclotrichium ''Cyclotrichium'' is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1953. The entire genus is endemic to southwestern Asia (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), offic ...

'' (Boissier) Manden. & Scheng. *''

Dicerandra ''Dicerandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family. ''Dicerandra'' comprises 11 species: six perennial and five annual species. The perennials have narrow ranges in Central Florida with small population sizes and only occur on ancie ...

'' Bentham *''

Dracocephalum ''Dracocephalum'' is a genus of about 60Sonboli, A., et al. (2011)Molecular characterization of Iranian ''Dracocephalum'' (Lamiaceae) species based on RAPD data.''Acta Biologica Szegediensis'' 55(2), 227-30. to 70 speciesLazarević, P., et al. ( ...

'' L. *'' Drepanocaryum'' Pojarkova *'' Elsholtzia'' Willdenow *'' Endostemon'' N. E. Brown *''

Eplingiella ''Eplingiella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae. Its native range is eastern Brazil. The genus name of ''Eplingiella'' is in honour of Carl Epling Carl Clawson Epling (15 April 1894 – 17 November 1968) was an ...

'' Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Equilabium ''Equilabium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It was split off from the genus '' Plectranthus'' in 2018 as the result of a molecular phylogenetic study. Most species are native to Africa, with two found in the Indian sub ...

'' Mwanyambo et al. *''

Eriope ''Eriope'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1833. It is native to South America, many of the species endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is ...

'' Bentham *'' Eriopidion'' Harley *'' Eriothymus'' (Bentham) Schmidt *''

Fuerstia ''Fuerstia'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1929. It is native to Eastern Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa.Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, ...

'' T. C. E. Fries *''

Glechoma ''Glechoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1753. It is distributed in northern Asia and Europe with a center of diversity in Asia, especially China. One species is naturalized ...

'' L. *''

Glechon ''Glechon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1827. It is native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, w ...

'' Sprengel *'' Gontscharovia'' Boriss. *''

Gymneia ''Gymneia'' 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') ...

'' (Bentham) Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Hanceola ''Hanceola'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described with this name in 1929. The entire genus is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It ...

'' Kudô *'' Haumaniastrum'' P. A. Duvignaud & Planke *''

Hedeoma ''Hedeoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North and South America. They are commonly known as false pennyroyals. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ἡδύς (''hedys''), meaning "swee ...

'' Persoon *''Hemizygia'' (Bentham) Briquet (accepted by APweb, but treated as a synonym of '' Syncolostemon'' by other sources) *'' Hesperozygis'' Epling *'' Heterolamium'' C. Y. Wu *'' Hoehnea'' Epling *''

Horminum ''Horminum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, comprising a single species, ''Horminum pyrenaicum''. Common names include dragonmouth and Pyrenean dead-nettle. Description ''Horminum pyrenaicum'' is a perennial plant growi ...

'' L. *'' Hoslundia'' Vahl *''

Hypenia ''Hypenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to South America and southern Mexico.Harley, Raymond Mervyn. 1988. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 98(2): 91-92. ;Spec ...

'' (Bentham) Harley *'' Hyptidendron'' Harley *''

Hyptis ''Hyptis'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in tropical North and South America, as well as parts of West Africa. There are 150 species, which may be annual or perenn ...

'' Jacquin *'' Hyssopus'' L. *''

Isodon ''Isodon'' is a group of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae described as a genus in 1840. It is native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Old World, primarily Asia but two species are from Africa. Many of the species are endemic ...

'' (Bentham) Spach *''Keiskea'' Miquel (accepted by APweb, but treated as a synonym of ''

'' by other sources) *''

Killickia ''Killickia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to 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 part ...

'' Bräuchler et al. *''

Kurzamra ''Kurzamra'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1891. It contains only one known species, ''Kurzamra pulchella'', native to Chile and northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Re ...

'' Kuntze *'' Lallemantia'' Fischer & C. A. Meyer *''

Lavandula ''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and easte ...

'' L. *'' Lepechinia'' Willdenow *'' Leptohyptis'' Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Lycopus ''Lycopus'' (water horehound, gypsywort, or bugleweed) is a genus in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and strea ...

'' L. *''

Madlabium ''Capitanopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1916. It contains six known species, all endemic to Madagascar. Taxonomy Phylogeny In 2019, Paton et al. published a summary cladogram for the subtribe Plectrant ...

'' Hedge (treated as a synonym of ''

'' S.Moore by APweb, but accepted by other sources) *'' Marsypianthes'' Bentham *''

Martianthus ''Martianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Peru and north-eastern Brazil. The genus name of ''Martianthus'' is in honour of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), a German botanis ...

'' Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *'' Medusantha'' Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Meehania ''Meehania'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1894. It is native to China, Japan, and the eastern United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United State ...

'' Britton *''

Melissa Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...

'' L. *''

Mentha ''Mentha'' (also known as mint, from Greek , Linear B ''mi-ta'') is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae (mint family). The exact distinction between species is unclear; it is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist. Hybridization occurs n ...

'' L. *'' Mesosphaerum'' P. Browne *''

Micromeria ''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 withi ...

'' Bentham *''

Minthostachys ''Minthostachys'' is a genus of the mint family Lamiaceae, comprising aromatic scandent shrubs. It occurs along the Andes from Northern Venezuela through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia to Central Argentina. Use and conservation The plant ...

'' (Bentham) Spach *''

Monarda ''Monarda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.Harley, R. M., et al. 2004. "Labiatae". pp 167-275 In: Kubitzki, K. (editor) and J. W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume VII. ...

'' L. *''

Monardella ''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for ...

'' Bentham *''

Mosla ''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 ...

'' (Bentham) Maximowicz *''

Nepeta ''Nepeta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus name is reportedly in reference to Nepete, an ancient Etruscan city.

'' L. *''

Obtegomeria ''Obtegomeria'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1998. It contains only one known species, ''Obtegomeria caerulescens'', endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ( ...

'' Cantino & Doroszenko *''

Ocimum ''Ocimum'' is a genus of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the tropical and warm temperate regions of all 6 inhabited continents, with the greatest number of species in Africa. It is the genus of ...

'' L. *'' Ombrocharis'' Handel-Mazzetti *''

Oocephalus ''Oocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae. Its native range is Brazil to Bolivia. Species Species: *''Oocephalus argyrophyllus'' *''Oocephalus crassifolius'' *''Oocephalus foliosus'' *''Oocephalus ganev ...

'' (Bentham) Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Origanum ''Origanum'' ( ) is a genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and much of temperate Asia, where they are found in open or mountainous habitats. A few species also naturalized in sc ...

'' L. *'' Orthosiphon'' Bentham *''Peltodon'' Pohl (accepted by APweb, but treated as a synonym of ''

'' by other sources) *''

Pentapleura ''Pentapleura'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1913. It contains only one known species, ''Pentapleura subulifera'', native to southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, trans ...

'' Handel-Mazzetti *''

Perilla ''Perilla'' is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species ''Perilla frutescens'' and a few wild species in nature belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus encompasses several distinct varieties of Asian herb, seed, and vegeta ...

'' L. *''

Perillula ''Perillula'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1875. It contains only one known species, ''Perillula reptans'', endemic to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are ...

'' Maximowicz *'' Physominthe'' Harley & J. F. B. Pastore *''

Piloblephis ''Piloblephis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It contains only one known species, ''Piloblephis rigida'', the wild pennyroyal, or pennyroyal native to Florida, southern Georgia (U.S. sta ...

'' Rafinesque *''

Platostoma ''Platostoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to tropical parts of Africa, southern Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. ''Mesona'' and ''Acrocephalus'' has been known as i ...

'' P. Beauvois *''

Plectranthus ''Plectranthus'' is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. ''Plectranthus'' species are herbaceous perennia ...

'' L'Héritier *''

Pogogyne ''Pogogyne'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Lamiaceae, mint family known generally as mesamints or mesa mints. They are native to Oregon, Idaho, California, and Baja California. These are small annual plants with glandular, aromatic ...

'' Bentham *''

Poliomintha ''Poliomintha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the southwestern United States, Haiti, and northern Mexico. The name is derived from the Greek words πολιός (''polios''), meaning "grey," and μ ...

'' A. Gray *'' Prunella'' L. *''

Pycnanthemum ''Pycnanthemum'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the mint family (Lamiaceae). Species in this genus are often referred to as "mountain mints" and they often have a minty or thyme-like aroma when crushed. All species of ''Pycnanthemum'' are ...

'' Michaux *'' Pycnostachys'' Hooker *'' Rhabdocaulon'' (Bentham) Epling *'' Rhaphiodon'' Schauer *'' Rhododon'' Epling *'' Saccocalyx'' Cossone & Durieu *''

Salvia ''Salvia'' () is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with nearly 1000 species of shrubs, herbaceous plant, herbaceous perennial plant, perennials, and annual plant, annuals. Within the Lamiaceae, ''Salvia'' is part of the ...

'' L. *''

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 ...

'' L. *''

Schizonepeta ''Schizonepeta'' (Japanese catnip) is a genus of herbs. It should not be confused with the true catnips of the genus '' Nepeta'' (also Lamiaceae) known for their euphoria-inducing effect on domestic cats. Used as a medicinal herb, ''Schizonepeta ...

'' (Bentham) Briquet *'' Siphocranion'' Kudô *''Solenostemon'' Schumacher (accepted by APweb, but treated as a synonym of ''

'' by other sources) *''

Stachydeoma ''Stachydeoma'', common name mock pennyroyal, is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It contains only one known species, ''Stachydeoma graveolens'', endemic to the State of Florida in the United ...

'' Small *'' Syncolostemon'' Bentham *''

Tetradenia ''Tetradenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1830. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar. ;Species # '' Tetradenia bainesii'' (N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Na ...

'' Bentham *''

Thorncroftia ''Thorncroftia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1912. It is native to southern Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in bo ...

'' N. E. Brown *'' Thymbra'' L. *''

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'' L. *''

Zataria ''Zataria'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1876. It contains only one known species, ''Zataria multiflora'', native to southwestern Asia (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir Kashmir () is th ...

'' Boissier *''

Ziziphora ''Ziziphora'' are a genus of annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. ''Ziziphora'' has aromatic leaves; they are found in open and often xeric habitats in Southern and Eastern Europe, North-West Africa and Asia to the Hima ...

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