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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:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
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:
schimpffii
- Moldenke
- Botanical name: - Aegiphila schimpffii Moldenke
- Specific epithet:
schimpffii
- 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 : Phytologia i. (1937), 265.
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
- 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 November 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 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 November 19, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3436933
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15893519
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:860982-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 860982-1
- IUCN ID: 46260
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029206
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]
