Dracocephalum

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Dracocephalum
Dracocephalum ruyschiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Dracocephalum
L. (1753)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cephaloma Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Dracontocephalium Hassk. (1844)
  • Fedtschenkiella Kudr. (1941)
  • Hyssopus L. (1753)
  • Lallemantia Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (1840)
  • Moldavica Fabr. (1759)
  • Ruyschia Fabr. (1759), nom. superfl.
  • Ruyschiana Mill. (1754)

Dracocephalum is a

herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to 15 to 90 centimeters tall. The genus has 89 species as currently circumscribed, which includes the formerly separate genera Hyssopus, Lallemantia, and others.[1] Older circumscriptions include 60[2] to 70 species.[3][4]

Species

Plants of the World Online accepts 89 species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Dracocephalum L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Sonboli, A., et al. (2011). Molecular characterization of Iranian Dracocephalum (Lamiaceae) species based on RAPD data. Acta Biologica Szegediensis 55(2), 227-30.
  3. ^ Lazarević, P., et al. (2009). On the distribution of Dracocephalum ruyschiana (Lamiaceae) in the Balkan Peninsula. Phytologia Balcanica 15(2), 175-79.
  4. ^ Dracocephalum. Flora of China.

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