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Taxonomy

Physical 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.^[1]

Similar Species

Members of the genus Satureja:

There are approximately 656 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. abyssinica condensata · S. acinos meridionalis · S. alpina albanica · S. brownei eubrownei · S. cordata minutifolia · S. cordata rodriguezii · S. cremnophila amana · S. cremnophila anatolica · S. cristata carminea · S. cristata kosaninii · S. cristata orientalis · S. cristata phrygia · S. cristata xylorrhiza · S. cuneifolia gracilis · S. cuneifolia intricata · S. ericifolia canariensis · S. ericifolia gomerensis · S. ericifolia hierrensis · S. ericifolia meridialis · S. ericifolia rupestris · S. ericifolia thymoides · S. graeca imperica · S. graeca laxiflora · S. graeca micrantha · S. graeca nervosa · S. intricata castellana · S. intricata gracilis · S. lepida bolleana · S. microphylla filiformis · S. microphylla rodriguezii · S. montana cuneifolia · S. montana obovata · S. montana pisidia · S. montana subdentata · S. obovata canescens · S. obovata hispalensis · S. obovata malacitana · S. obovata valentina · S. pamphylica davisii · S. pamphylica piperelloides · S. parnassica sipylea · S. punctata ovata · S. serpyllifolia barbata · S. serpyllifolia brachycalyx · S. serpyllifolia giresunica · S. subspicata liburnica · S. sylvatica ascendens · S. tenuis linkii · S. varia canariensis · S. varia gomerensis · S. varia hierrensis · S. varia meridialis · S. varia rupestris · S. vulgaris orientalis · S. 'Pink Sensation' (Savory) · S. abovata · S. abyssinica · S. abyssinica subsp. condensata · S. abyssinica var. condensata · S. acinos subsp. meridionalis · S. acinos var. minor · S. acropolitana · S. acutifolia · S. adamovicii · S. aintabensis · S. albanica · S. alboviridis · S. alpestris · S. alpina · S. alpina meridionalis · S. alpina subsp. albanica · S. alpina subsp. meridionalis · S. alpina var. pyrenaea · S. altaica · S. alternipilosa · S. amani · S. americana · S. amissa · S. amplifoliata · S. anachoreta · S. anagae · S. andrei · S. angustifolia · S. annua · S. approximata · S. arcendens · S. argaea · S. arganietorum · S. argentea · S. arundana · S. ascendens · S. ascendeus · S. atheniensis · S. athoa · S. atlantica · S. atropatana · S. axillaris · S. baborensis · S. bachtiarica · S. baetica

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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Notes

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15933956
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924500-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3484527

Footnotes:

1. 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.