Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 991 meters (0 to 3,251 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Labiatae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Lamioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Lamioideae
(
- Family:
Labiatae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Schult. ex Steud. Publication : Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 181 1840
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ballota
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. acetabulosa (False Dittany) · B. nigra (Black Archangel) · B. nigra foetida (Black Horehound) · B. nigra foetida var. foetida (Black Horehound) · B. nigra L. var. alba (L.) Sm. (Black Horehound) · B. nigra var. alba (Black Horehound) · B. nigra var. foetida (Black Horehound) · B. nigra var. nigra (Black Horehound) · B. nigra 'Archer's Variegated' (Archer's Variegated Black Horehound) · B. pseudodictamnus (Grecian Horehound) · B. pseudodictamnus 'Nana' (Grecian Horehound) · B. suaveolens (Wild Spikenard)
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Further Reading
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- A text book of materia medica, being an account of the more important crude drugs of vegetable and animal origin, designed for students of pharmacy and medicine. London, Churchill, 1920. url p. 207, p. 547.
- Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 168, p. 170, p. 229, p. 229, p. 282, p. 282, p. 287, p. 309, p. 451, p. 83, p. 83.
- Annual reports of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ended. ..: report of the Secretary of Agriculture, miscellaneous reports. Washington: G.P.O., 1897-1924. url p. 217.
- Botanical abstracts. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co. url p. 244, p. 245.
- Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 46 1919 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 388.
- Flora calpensis; contributions to the botany and topography of Gibraltar, and its neighbourhood. By E. F. Kelaart. London, J. van Voorst, 1846. url p. 139.
- Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 84, p. 84.
- Journal of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Baltimore. url p. 154.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 14 2004 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 491.
- Scientific and applied pharmacognosy, intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists. New York, Wiley, 1920. url p. 568, p. 726.
- Spicilegium florae Maroccanae / by John Ball. London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1878. url p. 628, p. 746.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 16 1878 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 746.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, BDBCV BioBlitz in Penyagolosa
- GBIF-Spain, Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
- GBIF-Spain, Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
- GBIF-Spain, Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
- GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Almería, HUAL
- GBIF-Spain, Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5936486
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13821550
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444953-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 444952-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 720684
Footnotes
- Mean = 582.320 meters (1,910.499 feet), Standard Deviation = 314.150 based on 152 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
