Lamiaceae
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Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, is a family of plants in about 210 genera and some 3,500 species. It has been considered closely related to Verbenaceae but several recent phylogenetic studies have shown that numererous genera of Verbenaceae belong in Lamiaceae, whereas the core genera of Verbenaceae are not closely related to Lamiaceae and are more closely related to other members of the Lamiales.
The plants are frequently aromatic in all parts and include many widely used culinary herbs, such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, thyme, lavender, and perilla. Some are shrubs, but rarely trees or vines. Many members of the family are widely cultivated, owing not only to their aromatic qualities but also their ease of cultivation: these plants are among the easiest plants to propagate by stem cuttings.
The original family name is Labiatae, so given because the flowers typically have petals fused into an upper lip and a lower lip. Although this is still considered an acceptable alternate name, most botanists now use the name "Lamiaceae" in referring to this family.
The leaves contain aromatic essential oils and emerge oppositely, each pair at right angles to the previous one (called decussate) or whorled.
The stems are square in cross section.
The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical with 5 united petals, 5 united sepals. They are usually bisexual and verticillastrate (a flower cluster that looks like a whorl of flowers but actually consists of two crowded clusters).
Genera
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Acanthomintha Achyrospermum Acinos Acrocephalus Acrotome Acrymia Aeollanthus Agastache Ajuga Ajugoides Alajja Alvesia Amethystea Anisochilus Anisomeles Antonina Asterohyptis Ballota Basilicum Becium Benguellia Blephilia Bostrychanthera Bovonia Brazoria Bystropogon Calamintha Capitanopsis Capitanya Catoferia Cedronella Ceratanthus Chamaesphacos Chaunostoma Chelonopsis Cleonia Clinopodium Colebrookia Coleus* Collinsonia Colquhounia Comanthosphace Conradina Craniotome |
Cuminia Cunila Cyclotrichium Cymaria Dauphinea Dicerandra Dorystaechas Dracocephalum Drepanocaryum Eichlerago Elsholtzia Endostemon Englerastrum Eremostachys Eriope Eriiophyton Eriopidion Eriothymus Erythrochlamys Eurysolen Fuerstia Galeopsis Geniosporum Glechoma Glechon Gomphostemma Gontscharovia Hanceola Haplostachys Haumaniastrum Hedeoma Hemiandra Hemigenia Hemizygia Hesperozygis Heterolamium Hoehnea Holocheila Holostylon Horminum Hoslundia Hymenocrater Hypenia Hypogomphia |
Hyptidendron Hyptis Hyssopus Isodictyophorus Isodon Isoleucas Keiskea Kinostemon Kudrjaschevia Kurzamra Lagochilus Lagopsis Lallemantia Lamiastrum Lamiophlomis Lamium Lavandula Leocus Leonotis Leonurus Lepechinia Leucas Leucosceptrum Limniboza Lophanthus Loxocalyx Lycopus Macbridea Marmoritis Marrubium Marsypianthes Meehania Melissa Melittis Mentha Meriandra Mesona Metastachydium Microcorys Micromeria Microtoena Minthostachys Moluccella Monarda |
Monardella Mosla Neoeplingia Neohyptis Nepeta (Catnip) Neustruevia Nosema Notochaete Ocimum Octomeron Ombrocharis Origanum Orthosiphon Otostegia Panzerina Paraeremostachys Paralamium Paraphlomis Peltodon Pentapleura Perilla Perovskia Perrierastrum Phlomis Phlomoides Phyllostegia Physostegia Piloblephis Pitardia Platostoma Plectranthus Pogogyne Pogostemon Poliomintha Prasium Prostanthera Prunella Pseuderemostachys Puntia Pycnanthemum Pycnostachys Renschia Rhabdocaulon Raphidion |
Rhododon Rosmarinus Rostrinucula Roylea Rubiteucris Sabaudia Saccocalyx Salvia Satureja Schizonepeta Scutellaria Sideritis Siphocranion Skapanthus Solenostemon Stachyopsis Stachys Stenogyne Sulaimania Suzukia Symphostemon Synandra Syncolostemon Tetradenia Teucrium Thorncroftia Thuspeinanta Thymbra Thymus Tinnea Trichostema Warnockia Wenchengia Westringia Wiedemannia Wrixonia Zataria Zhumeria Ziziphora
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External links
- [Lamiaceae] in [L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
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