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Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae
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Teague Embrey
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PLANT: Annual, biennial and perennial herbs or shrubs (rarely small trees), often variously pubescent, mostly aromatic; stems mostly 4 angled. LEAVES: opposite (rarely alternate or whorled), simple (rarely pinnately compound), mostly toothed to lobed, exstipulate. INFLORESCENCE: cymose, or less often racemose to paniculate, the cymes often congested as axillary verticils, these sometimes forming spikes or interrupted spikes, the internodes then clearly visible. FLOWERS: mostly perfect; sepals 5, connate, the calyx appearing 2 5 lobed or toothed, actinomorphic to zygomorphic, mostly persistent; petals 5, connate, the corolla (4 )5 lobed, mostly strongly zygomorphic, often bilabiate; stamens epipetalous, 2 (2 staminodes sometimes also present) or 4 (then of two lengths); pistil 1; carpels 2; ovary superior, sessile to stalked, deeply 4 lobed, each lobe with 1 ovule; style 1, the stigma usually 2 lobed. FRUIT: of 4 1 seeded nutlets. NOTES: Ca. 200 genera, ca. 3500 spp., cosmopolitan; frequented by many pollinators, especially bees. Volatile oils are produced by most species. Many are cultivated as culinary herbs, including Mentha (mints), Lavandula (lavender), Salvia (sage), Thymus (thyme), Ocimum (basil), Origanum (oregano), and Rosmarinus (rosemary). Others are cultivated for ornament (Solenostemon, Monarda, Salvia) and the alkaloids of a few have known psychoactive or medicinal properties. As traditionally defined, a group that is mostly easy to recognize, but considered polyphyletic by Cantino (1992) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79:361 379.
Species within checklist: NAU-BIO414-Chaparral || << 51 - 100 taxa >>
Aegiphila falcata
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Aegiphila fasciculata
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Aegiphila ferruginea
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Aegiphila filipes
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Aegiphila floribunda
Media resource of Aegiphila floribunda
Aegiphila graveolens
Media resource of Aegiphila graveolens
Aegiphila guianensis
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Aegiphila hassleri
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Aegiphila hastingsiana
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Aegiphila haughtii
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Aegiphila herzogii
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Aegiphila hirsuta
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Aegiphila hoehnei
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Aegiphila integrifolia
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Aegiphila intermedia
Media resource of Aegiphila intermedia
Aegiphila laeta
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Aegiphila lanata
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Aegiphila laxiflora
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Aegiphila lehmannii
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Aegiphila lhotskiana
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Aegiphila lhotzkiana
Media resource of Aegiphila lhotzkiana
Aegiphila macrantha
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Aegiphila martinicensis
Media resource of Aegiphila martinicensis
Aegiphila mediterranea
Media resource of Aegiphila mediterranea
Aegiphila mollis
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Aegiphila monstrosa
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Aegiphila monticola
Media resource of Aegiphila monticola
Aegiphila multiflora
Media resource of Aegiphila multiflora
Aegiphila nervosa
Media resource of Aegiphila nervosa
Aegiphila novogranatensis
Media resource of Aegiphila novogranatensis
Aegiphila obducta
Media resource of Aegiphila obducta
Aegiphila obtusa
Media resource of Aegiphila obtusa
Aegiphila odontophylla
Media resource of Aegiphila odontophylla
Aegiphila pacifica
Media resource of Aegiphila pacifica
Aegiphila panamensis
Media resource of Aegiphila panamensis
Aegiphila paraguariensis
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Aegiphila pauciflora
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Aegiphila pernambucensis
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Aegiphila perplexa
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Aegiphila quararibeana
Media resource of Aegiphila quararibeana
Aegiphila racemosa
Media resource of Aegiphila racemosa
Aegiphila rimbachii
Media resource of Aegiphila rimbachii
Aegiphila saltensis
Media resource of Aegiphila saltensis
Aegiphila salticola
Media resource of Aegiphila salticola
Aegiphila sellowiana
Media resource of Aegiphila sellowiana
Aegiphila setiformis
Media resource of Aegiphila setiformis
Aegiphila skutchii
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Aegiphila smithii
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Aegiphila ternifolia
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Aegiphila ulei
Media resource of Aegiphila ulei
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