''Lallemantia'' is a genus of flowering plants 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 ...
. It is named after the German botanist
Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant
Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant (4 July 1803 – 17 May 1867) was a German botanist who was a native of Lübeck.
From 1838 to 1855 he performed his scientific work in St. Petersburg. Botanists Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782–1854) ...
.
There are five species in the genus. They are native to central and southwestern Asia.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 133 扁柄草属 bian bing cao shu ''Lallemantia'' Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 6: 52. 1840.
/ref> They are annual or biennial herbs. They have been used for various purposes. '' Lallemantia iberica'' is cultivated as an oilseed crop.[Dınç, M., et al. (2009)]
Micromorphological studies of ''Lallemantia'' L.(Lamiaceae) species growing in Turkey.
''Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Botanica.'' 51(1), 45-54.
;Species[
# '' Lallemantia baldshuanica'' Gontsch. - Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
# '' Lallemantia canescens'' (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
# '' Lallemantia iberica'' (M.Bieb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel
# '' Lallemantia peltata'' (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Caucasus; Oregon and Wyoming USA (introduced)]
References
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
Flora of temperate Asia
Flora of Central Asia
Flora of Western Asia
Taxa named by Carl Anton von Meyer
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