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Referee: [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/labiatae.htm Watson and Dallwitz]
2002-07-22

Lamiaceae, or even a personal lamiaceae, occurs as family of plants in astir 210 genera & a bit of 3,500 metal money.

These include numerous widely utilized culinary herbs, such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, marjoram, oregano and thyme. A select few come bush, however seldom trees or vines.

It was originally known as Labiatae because the flowers often own fmoo petal fused into an upper lip & a lower lip.

A leaves contain aromatic essential oils and emerge oppositely, each pair at best angles to the former of these (known as intersecting) or even whorled.

A stems come square within cross segment.

A flowers are bilateral by having Pentad united petals, 5 united sepals. It is ordinarily bisexual person & verticillastrate (the flower clump that looks such as the whorl of flowers however actually consists of deuce crowded clump).

Genera

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
Horminium
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
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
Wenchengia
Westringia
Wiedemannia
Wrixonia
Zataria
Zhumeria
Ziziphora

The Lamiaceae
Description of the mint family, with images of selected species.

The Mint Chronicles
An introduction to the Lamiaceae/ Labiatae or mint family.

Lamiaceae Major Groups Family and Genera
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew website on Lamiaceae which includes the definition, general uses, list of genera, current research, publications list, Lavandula collection, and Vitex Newsletter covering current research and archives

Mint Chronicles
E-group for the discussion of species in the Lamiaceae /Labiatae or mint family.

The Families of Flowering Plants: Labiatae
Description of the mint family, with colored drawings. Covers habit and leaf form, anatomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry, geography, taxonomy, and economic uses.

Mints of Texas
Descriptions and photos of Lamiaceae species found in Texas.

Botresearch USA
Botanical research and biotechnology organization specializing in plants of the Lamiaceae family.

Endangered
Information about Lamiaceae species classified as endangered, with their historic range and status, and selected photographs.

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK): Lamiaceae
Collected photos of the Lamiaceae, including dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs.






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