''Rydingia'' (tinjute) is a genus of plants in the family
Lamiaceae
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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 2007. The genus is native to eastern
Africa and south-western
Asia, and found in
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
, Ethiopia, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, West Himalaya and Yemen.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Anne-Cathrine Scheen and
Victor Anthony Albert in Syst. & Geogr. Pl. vol.77 (2) on page 234 in 2007.
The genus name of ''Rydingia'' is in honour of Per Olof Ryding (b.1951), a Swedish
botanist
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and plant collector in Africa, from the
University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Species
As accepted by
Plants of the World Online
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;
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Rydingia integrifolia''
(Benth.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen
*''
Rydingia limbata''
(Benth.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Pakistan, Kashmir
*''
Rydingia michauxii''
(Briq.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Iran
*''
Rydingia persica''
(Burm.f.) Scheen & V.A.Albert - Iran, Oman, Pakistan
References
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Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
Flora of Eritrea
Flora of Ethiopia
Flora of Iran
Flora of Oman
Flora of Yemen
Flora of Pakistan
Flora of West Himalaya