''Hymenocrater'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s from the
mint family
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, ...
. It is native to central and southwestern
Asia
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from
Turkey
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to
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
and
Pakistan
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.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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;Species[
#'' Hymenocrater adenothrix'' Rech.f. - Afghanistan
#'' Hymenocrater altimuranus'' Rech.f. - Afghanistan
#'' Hymenocrater bituminosus'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
#'' Hymenocrater calycinus'' (Boiss.) Benth. - Turkmenistan, Iran
#'' Hymenocrater elegans'' Bunge - Turkmenistan, Iran
#'' Hymenocrater incanus'' Bunge - Iran
#'' Hymenocrater inciaidentatus'' Boriss. - Turkmenistan
#'' Hymenocrater longiflorus'' Benth. - Iran, Iraq
#'' Hymenocrater oxyodontus'' Rech.f. - Iran
#'' Hymenocrater platystegius'' Rech.f. - Iran
#'' Hymenocrater sessilifolius'' Benth. - Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
#'' Hymenocrater yazdianus'' Rech.f. - Iran
]
References
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
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