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Menthinae
Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme. Genera Subtribe Lycopinae * ''Lycopus'' (21 living species) Subtribe Menthinae * '' Acanthomintha'' * '' Blephilia'' * '' Bystropogon'' * ''Clinopodium'' * '' Conradina'' * '' Cuminia'' * ''Cunila'' * '' Cyclotrichium'' * ''Dicerandra'' * '' Drymosiphon'' * ''Eriothymus'' * '' Glechon'' * '' Gontscharovia'' * ''Hedeoma'' * '' Hesperozygis'' * ''Hoehnea'' * '' Killickia'' (treated as part of Micromeria by Harley et al. 2004) * '' Kurzamra'' * ''Mentha'' * ''Micromeria'' * ''Minthostachys'' * ''Monarda'' * ''Monardella'' * ''Obtegomeria'' * ''Origanum'' * '' Pentapleura'' * '' Piloblephis'' * ''Pogogyne'' * '' Poliomintha'' * ''Pycnanthemum'' * '' Rhabdocaulon'' * ''Rhododon'' * '' Saccocalyx'' * ''Satureja'' * ''Stachydeoma'' * '' Thymbra'' * ''Thymus'' * ''Zataria'' * ''Ziziphora'' Subtribe Nepetinae * ''Agastache'' * '' Cedronella'' * ''Dracocephalum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drymosiphon
''Clinopodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, in the subtribe Menthinae. ''Clinopodium'' belongs to a large and complex group of genera including many New World mints such as ''Hedeoma'', ''Monarda'', and '' Pycnanthemum'', and this group is in turn a sister clade to ''Mentha''. The genus name ''Clinopodium'' is derived from the Latin ''clinopodion'', from the Ancient Greek (), from () "bed" and () "little foot". These were names for '' Clinopodium vulgare''.Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume I, page 91. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. (set). They allude to the form of the calyx. ''Clinopodium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including '' Coleophora albitarsella''. Various ''Clinopodium'' species are used as medicinal herbs. For example, ''C. macrostemum'' is used in Mexico as a tea under the name or to cure hangovers, stomach ache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blephilia
''Blephilia'', the pagoda plant or wood mint, is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. ''Blephilia'' are most often found in open areas, glades, and mesic forests. All species of ''Blephilia'' are considered threatened or endangered in some states. The genus includes only perennial species that spread by both seeds and through stem division. Small white to purple-lavender flowers occur in inflorescences that cluster in the upper leaf axils, often in several circular layers (hence the common name ''pagoda-plant''). Leaves are generally lanceolate to ovate and vary in shades of green. Leaves are either petiolate or subsessile (depending on the species). Like many other members of the subtribe Menthinae, all parts of ''Blephilia'' are highly aromatic when crushed and have smells similar to menthol and spearmint. Species *''Blephilia ciliata'' (L.) Benth. – downy pagoda-plant – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinopodium
''Clinopodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, in the subtribe Menthinae. ''Clinopodium'' belongs to a large and complex group of genera including many New World mints such as ''Hedeoma'', ''Monarda'', and ''Pycnanthemum'', and this group is in turn a sister clade to ''Mentha''. The genus name ''Clinopodium'' is derived from the Latin ''clinopodion'', from the Ancient Greek (), from () "bed" and () "little foot". These were names for ''Clinopodium vulgare''.Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume I, page 91. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. (set). They allude to the form of the calyx. ''Clinopodium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Coleophora albitarsella''. Various ''Clinopodium'' species are used as medicinal herbs. For example, ''C. macrostemum'' is used in Mexico as a tea under the name or to cure hangovers, stomach aches, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 '' Ziziphora'' and '' Clinopodium acinos'', the genus is characterized by tiny flowers in much-branched clusters, with plume-like sepals that elongate at the fruiting stage, giving the whole tip of each branch a fuzzy appearance. Stems are square in cross-section and leaves, arranged in opposite pairs, are aromatic when crushed. Cultivation The plant prefers mild and dry climates. Grow in very well-drained soil in sunny position. Propagate from seed or cuttings. Species Many species names have been proposed for members of this genus, but most of them have been moved to other genera, particularly ''Clinopodium, Minthostachys, Cuminia,'' and ''Mesosphaerum ''Mesosphaerum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics. Two species, '' Mesosphaerum pectinatum'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mentha Pulegium
''Mentha pulegium'', commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant and pudding grass, is a species of flowering plant in the Mentha, mint Family (biology), family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint. Pennyroyal is a traditional folk remedy, emmenagogue, abortifacient, and culinary herb, but is toxic to the liver and has caused some deaths. European pennyroyal is related to an American species, ''Hedeoma pulegioides''. Though they differ in genera, they share similar chemical properties. Description An annual to perennial plant with creeping or erect branched stems to about 40 cm in height. The stems are square in cross-section and can vary from hairless on some plants to densely hairy on others, with a green to sometimes red or purplish colour. The leaves, which grow in Phyllotaxis, opposite pairs, are narrowly oval, 2–3 cm long x 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. The genus is endemic to North America. Common names include bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea, the first being inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange (''Citrus bergamia''). The genus was named for the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes, who wrote a book in 1574 describing plants of the New World. Description ''Monarda'' species include annual and perennial herbaceous plants. They grow erect to heights of . The slender, serrated, lanceolate leaves are oppositely arranged on the square stem, hairless or sparsely hairy, and about long. The flowers are tubular and bilaterally symmetric, with a narrow upper lip and a wider lower lip. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt .... References Lamiaceae Flora of Chile Flora of Argentina Monotypic Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 within the genus ''Satureja''. The name is derived from the Greek language, Greek words μῑκρος (''mīkros''), meaning "small," and μερίς (''meris''), meaning "portion," referring to the leaves and flowers. Common names include savory and whitweed. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *''Micromeria acropolitana'' Halácsy - Greece (presumed extinct, rediscovered 2006) *''Micromeria × angosturae'' P.Pérez Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands ''(M. tenuis ''subsp''. linkii × M. varia ''subsp''. canariensis)'' *''Micromeria arganietorum'' (Emb.) R.Morales - Morocco *Micromeria × ayamosnae, ''Micromeria'' × ''ayamosnae'' Puppo & P.Pérez *''Micromeria aybalae'' H.Duman & Dirmenci *''Micromeria benthami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 plants are valued by the local population for their content in essential oils, mostly pulegone and menthone, but also limonene, carvone, carvacrol, thymol and similar substances. They are used as condiments, medicinally against illnesses of the respiratory and digestive systems, and traditionally for the protection of stored tubers against pests, especially in Southern Peru. In Argentina and Peru, the essential oils are extracted commercially on a larger scale, and at least locally, this has led to overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origanum
''Origanum'' ( ) is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. They are 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 scattered locations in North America and other regions. The plants have strongly aromatic leaves and abundant tubular flowers with long-lasting coloured bracts. The genus includes the important group of culinary herbs: marjoram (''Origanum majorana'') and oregano (''Origanum vulgare''). With their decorative bracts, ''Origanum'' species and cultivars are used as ornamental plants in the garden. The cultivars 'Kent Beauty' and 'Rosenkuppel' have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. ''Origanum'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including '' Coleophora albitarsella''. Species # '' Origanum acutidens'' (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietsw. – Turkey, Iraq # '' Origa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a Latin diminutive form of Monarda (a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes), which the form of the flower heads resembles. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: * '' Monardella angustifolia'' Elvin, Ertter & Mansfield * '' Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in northern Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... References External linksphoto of type specimen at Field Museum in Chicago Lamiaceae Endemic flora of Colombia Monotypic Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
