''Cyclotrichium'' is a genus of plants in the

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family (biology), 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 (herb), ba ...

, first described as a genus in 1953. The entire genus is

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to southwestern

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(

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). ;Species #'' Cyclotrichium depauperatum'' (Bunge) Manden. & Scheng. - western Iran #'' Cyclotrichium glabrescens'' (Boiss. ex Rech.f.) Leblebici - southeastern Turkey #'' Cyclotrichium haussknechtii'' (Bunge) Manden. & Scheng. - western Iran #'' Cyclotrichium leucotrichum'' (Stapf ex Rech.f.) Leblebici - Iran, Iraq, Turkey #'' Cyclotrichium longiflorum'' Leblebici - Iran, Iraq, Turkey #'' Cyclotrichium niveum'' (Boiss.) Manden. & Scheng - eastern Turkey #'' Cyclotrichium origanifolium'' (Labill.) Manden. & Scheng. - Lebanon, Syria, southern Turkey #'' Cyclotrichium stamineum'' (Boiss. & Hohen.) Manden. & Scheng. - Iraq, Turkey #'' Cyclotrichium straussii'' (Bornm.) Rech.f. - western Iran

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q954762 Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier Taxa named by Ida P. Mandenova Flora of Turkey Flora of Iran Flora of Iraq Flora of Syria Flora of Lebanon