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The Lamiaceae (/ ˌ l eɪ m i ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ / LAY-mee-AY-see-ee, -eye) [3] or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. . Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other ...
The Lamiales previously had a restricted circumscription (e.g., by Arthur Cronquist) that included the major families Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Verbenaceae, and Boraginaceae, plus a few smaller families. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Lamiales were in the superorder Lamiiflorae (also called Lamianae).
Stachys is a genus of plants, one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae. [3] Estimates of the number of species vary from about 300, [3] to about 450. [4] Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae [3] and its type species is Stachys sylvatica. [5] The precise extent of the genus and its relationship to other genera in the subfamily are ...
Lamium (dead-nettles) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Eurasia and northern Africa, with several widely naturalised across much of the temperate world.
Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society , a president of the Linnean Society and the original drafter of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated ...
Lycopus is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae. The many species are known as water horehound, [3] gypsywort, and bugleweed and are native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. [2] The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and stream banks. Some of the wetland species have become endangered. [4]
Phlomis is a genus of over 100 species [2] of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the mint family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. [3] The name Phlomis derives from a Greek word for "flame", and may refer to the leaves' use in ancient times as lamp wicks. [4]
Prostanthera, commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, [2] is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in opposite pairs. The flowers are arranged in panicles in the leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets.