Acinos alpinus

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Overview

Zones 5-8.

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]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[2]

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Excellent plant for dry sunny locations.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acinos

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. acinos (Acinos) · A. acuminatus · A. acutifolius · A. adscendens · A. alpina (Alpine Calamint) · A. alpinos · A. alpinus · A. alpinus alpinus · A. alpinus majoranifolius · A. alpinus meridionalis · A. alpinus subsp. dinaricus · A. alpinus subsp. majoranifolius · A. alpinus subsp. meridionalis · A. alpinus subsp. nomismophyllus · A. alpinus subsp. pyrenaeus · A. alpinus var. adrianopolitanus · A. arvensis (Mother of Thyme) · A. arvensis subsp. villosus · A. baumgartenii · A. corsicus · A. diffusus · A. eglandulosus · A. erectus · A. exiguus · A. fominii · A. granatensis · A. graveolens · A. hungaricus · A. incanus · A. infectus · A. majoranifolius · A. majoranifolius subsp. elatior · A. montenegrinus · A. nanus · A. orontius · A. patavinus · A. pseudacinos · A. purpurascens · A. rotundifoius · A. rotundifolius · A. sardous · A. schizodontus · A. siso · A. suaveolens · A. subcrispus · A. thymoides · A. transsilvanica · A. troodi · A. troodii · A. troodii grandiflorus · A. troodi subsp. grandiflorus · A. villosus · A. vulgaris

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Further Reading

• Bulletin de l'Acadmie internationale de gographie botanique. Le Mans: Impr. Edmond Monnoyer, 1899-1910. FRE url p. 142.
• Conspectus florae Graecae / auctore E. de Halácsy. Lipsiae: Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1901-1904 [i.e. 1900-1904] LAT url p. 543, p. 575.
• Die bisher bekannten Pflanzen Galiziens und der Bukowina, von Josef Armin Knapp. Wien, W. Braumüller, 1872. GER url p. 195.
• Enumeratio plantarum Transsilvaniae: exhiben: stirpes phanerogamas sponte crescentes atque frequentius cultas, cryptogamas vasculares, charceas, etiam muscos hepaticasque / auctore Phil. Johanne Ferdinando Schur. Vindobonae: Apud G. Braumhuller, 1866. GER url p. 529.
• Erdély edényes flórájának helyesbitett foglalata / Enumeratio florae transsilvanicae vesculosae critica / ex mandato Societatis Scientiarum Naturalium Regiae Hungaricae scripsit Ludovicus Simonkai. a Kir. Magyar Természettudományi Társulat megbizásábol ir Budapest: Kiadja a Kir. Magyar Természettudományi Társulat, 1886. HUN url p. 444, p. 445.
• Flora Comense: disposta secondo il sistema di Linneo / dal professore Giuseppe Comolli. Como: C.P. Ostinelli, 1834-1857. ITA url p. 369.
• Flora Italica; sistens plantas in Italia et in insulis circumstantibus sponte nascentes. Bononiae, R. Masi, 1833-1854. LAT url p. 629.
• Flora italiana; ossia, Descrizione delle piante che crescono spontanee o vegetano come tali in Italia e nelle isole ad essa aggaicenti; disposta secondo il metodo naturale. Firenze, Tip. Le Monnier, 1848-1896. ITA url p. 138.
• Flore de France; ou, Description des plantes qui croissent naturellement en France et en Corse, par M. Grenier et M. Godron Paris, J. B. Baillire; [etc., etc.]1848-56. FRE url p. 666.
• J. C. Rhlings Deutschlands Flora. Frankfurt am Main: F. Wilmans, 1823-1839. GER url p. 316.
• Jahresbericht der Königl. Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften über die Fortschritte der Botanik Breslau:Konigl. Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1838-1847. GER url p. 151.
• Judd, Campbell, Kellog and Donoghue: Plant Systematics, a phylogenetic approach
• Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. & Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 1687, p. 654, p. 654, p. 680.
• La flore Vallaisanne, par J.-E. d'Angreville. Genève, M. Mehling;1862. FRE url p. 106.
• Schilderung der deutschen Pflanzenfamilien: vom botanisch- descriptiven und physiologisch-chemischen Standpunkte / von Hermann Hoffmann. Giessen: G.F. Hener's Verlag, 1846. GER url p. 138.
• Stirpes rariores Bucovinae, oder, Die seltenen Pflanzen der Bucovina / von F. Herbich. Stanislawow: Gedruckt bei Johann Paul Piller, 1853. GER url p. 43.
• Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 20 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Herbarium Willing
• Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• 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, Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
• 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
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1671603
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13743085
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444204-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 444204-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 714863

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. [back]
2. Mean = 739.840 meters (2,427.297 feet), Standard Deviation = 497.370 based on 251 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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