Aegiphila ferruginea

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Overview

Threatened

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]

Habitat

Ecology: Montane and upper montane cloud forest between 2,000 and 4,000 m. [2]


List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Hayek & Spruce Publication : in Engl. Jahrb. xlii. 171 1908

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aegiphila

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 257 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aculeifera · A. acutangula · A. alba · A. amazonica · A. anomala · A. aracaensis · A. arborea · A. arborescens · A. arborescens var. breviflora · A. arcta · A. aurea · A. australis · A. bangii · A. barbadensis · A. bogotensis · A. bogotensis var. aequinoctialis · A. boliviana · A. brachiata · A. bracteolosa · A. brasiliensis · A. breviflora · A. buchtienii · A. candelabrum · A. capitata · A. casseliaeformis · A. casselliaeformis · A. catatumbensis · A. caucensis · A. cayennensis · A. caymanensis · A. cephalophora · A. cestrifolia · A. chrysantha · A. chrysantha var. glabra · A. compacta · A. congesta · A. conturbata · A. cordata · A. cordata var. brevipilosa · A. cordata var. villosissima · A. cordifolia · A. coriacea · A. cornifolia · A. costaricensis · A. cowani · A. cowanii · A. crenata · A. cuatrecasasi · A. cuatrecasasii · A. cuatrecasasii var. nitida · A. cuneata · A. cuneata var. hirsutissima · A. cuspidata · A. densiflora · A. dentata · A. deppeana · A. diffusa · A. dubia · A. duckei · A. dumosa · A. elata (Tall Spiritweed) · A. elegans · A. elongata · A. exiguiflora · A. falcata · A. farinosa · A. fasciculata · A. fendleri · A. ferrea · A. ferruginea · A. filipes · A. floribunda · A. fluminensis · A. foetida · A. froesi · A. furia · A. fusca · A. glabra · A. glabrata · A. glandulifera · A. glandulifera var. peruviana · A. glandulifera var. phyramidata · A. gleasonii · A. glomerata · A. gloriosa · A. gloriosa var. paraensis · A. goeldiana · A. goudotiana · A. grandiflora · A. grandifolia · A. grandis · A. graveolens · A. guianensis · A. hassleri · A. hastingsiana · A. haughtii · A. haughtii var. serratifolia · A. herzogii · A. hirsuta · A. hirsutissima

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Further Reading

• Jørgensen, P.M. and León, S. 1999. Catalogue of vascular plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany Missouri Botanic Garden 75.
• Jørgensen, P.M. and Ulloa Ulloa, C. 1994. Seed Plants of the High Andes of Ecuador - a Checklist. Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
• Jørgensen, P.M. and León, S. 1999. Catalogue of vascular plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany Missouri Botanic Garden 75.
• Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers) 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
• 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 March 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 17, 2008:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3436868
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15893392
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:860857-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 5709-2
• IUCN ID: 38135
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1025019

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. Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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