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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: Occurring in remaining areas of lowland rainforest and thickets, often in marshy places.[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
)
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
(
)
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Lamiaceae
(
)
- Lindley, 1836, Nom. Cons.
- Mint Family
- Subfamily:
Ajugoideae
(
)
- Tribe:
Monochileae
(
)
- Genus:
Aegiphila
(
)
- N.J. Jacquin, 1767
- Specific epithet:
panamensis
- Moldenke
- Botanical name: - Aegiphila panamensis Moldenke
- Specific epithet:
panamensis
- Moldenke
- Genus:
Aegiphila
(
- Tribe:
Monochileae
(
- Subfamily:
Ajugoideae
(
- Family:
Lamiaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Moldenke Publication : in Tropical Woods , 1931, No. 25, 14.
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
- Flora of Costa Rica by Paul C. Standley Chicago, 1937. ENG url p. 997.
- Nelson, C.H. 1997. Threatened trees of Honduras.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
- Nelson, C. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3436935
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15893486
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:860951-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 860951-1
- IUCN ID: 37430
- MoBot NameID: 33701102
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1024504
Footnotes
- 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]
- Nelson, C. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
