Description
Family Lamiaceae
Herbs, sometimes subshrubs
or shrubs
, annual
or perennial
, usually aromatic
. Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled
or alternate, simple
to pinnately dissected
or compound
, without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary
; verticillasters
2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual
, zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate
or not. Calyx persistent
, 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire
(deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube
sometimes hairy
annulate
inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous
, 4 or 2, free
, rarely filaments
connate
, sometimes one staminodial; anther
1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell
2-ovuled and style
subterminal
, or ovary 4-parted and each lobe
1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases
of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets
. Seeds with or without endosperm.
Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Lamiaceae
()
- Lindley, 1836, Nom. Cons.
- Mint Family
- Genus:
Solenostemon
()
- Cultivar:
Aurora Sherbet
- Botanical name: - Solenostemon 'Aurora Sherbet'
- Cultivar:
Aurora Sherbet
- Genus:
Solenostemon
(
- Family:
Lamiaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Solenostemon
There are approximately 710 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. 'Albert Victor' · S. 'Alice Horn' · S. 'Angel of the North' · S. 'Anne Boleyn' · S. 'Ascot Wine' · S. 'Aurora Sherbet' · S. 'Autumn Gold' · S. 'Autumn Rainbow' · S. 'Autumn' · S. 'Barnum' · S. 'Batemanii' · S. 'Bausei' · S. 'Beauty of Lyons' · S. 'Beauty' · S. 'Beckwith's Gem' · S. 'Berkeleyi' · S. 'Billy Elliot' · S. 'Bizarre Croton' · S. 'Black Dragon' · S. 'Black Heart' · S. 'Black Prince' · S. 'Blackheart' · S. 'Brightness' · S. 'Brilliant' · S. 'Bronze Gloriosus' · S. 'Bronze Queen' · S. 'Butterball' · S. 'Buttercup' · S. 'Buttermilk' · S. 'Carnival' · S. 'Carousel' · S. 'Castle Eden' · S. 'Catherine Cookson' · S. 'Chamaeleon' · S. 'Charles Rudd' · S. 'China Rose' · S. 'City of Durham' · S. 'City of Liverpool' · S. 'City of Middlesborough' · S. 'City of Newcastle' · S. 'City of Sunderland' · S. 'Clarkii' · S. 'Combat' · S. 'Copper Sprite' · S. 'Copper Tone' · S. 'Coppersmith' · S. 'Cream Pennant' · S. 'Crimson Ruffles' · S. 'Crimson Velvet' · S. 'Crinkly Bottom' · S. 'Crocodile' · S. 'Croton' · S. 'Crown of Bohemia' · S. 'Dairy Maid' · S. 'Dazzler' · S. 'Diablo' · S. 'Display' · S. 'Dixii' · S. 'Dolly' · S. 'Dracula' · S. 'Dragon' · S. 'Duke of Edinburgh' · S. 'Durham Gala' · S. 'Ella's Fire' · S. 'Emerald Forest' · S. 'Etna' · S. 'Fire Fern' · S. 'Fire Fingers' · S. 'Firebrand' · S. 'Firedance' · S. 'Firefly' · S.'Fishnet Stocking' (Fishnet Stocking Coleus) · S. 'Flamenco Dancer' · S. 'Flamestitch' · S. 'Freckles' · S. 'Friendship' · S. 'Funfair' · S. 'Gertrude Jekyll' · S. 'Gloriosus' · S. 'Glory of Luxembourg' · S. 'Goldie Supreme' · S. 'Goldie' · S. 'Grace Darling' · S. 'Green Ball' · S. 'Green Croton' · S. 'Green Mantle' · S. 'Green Mars' · S. 'Hanna Hauxwell' · S. 'Hannay Harding' · S. 'Harvest Time' · S. 'Her Majesty' · S. 'Holly' · S. 'Inky Fingers' · S. 'Jean Falmouth' · S. 'Jean' · S. 'Joseph's Coat' · S. 'Josh Cooke' · S. 'Juliet Quartermain' · S. 'Jupiter' · S. 'Kaleidoscope' (Kaleidoscope Coleus)
Bibliography
- Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.
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- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1893197
