| Mentheae | |
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| Mentha pulegium | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Type genus | |
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Mentha | |
| Genera | |
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Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. [1] [2] It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme.
Genera
Subtribe Lycopinae
- Lycopus (21 living species)
Subtribe Menthinae
- Acanthomintha
- Blephilia
- Bystropogon
- Clinopodium
- Conradina
- Cuminia
- Cunila
- Cyclotrichium
- Dicerandra
- Drymosiphon
- Eriothymus
- Glechon
- Gontscharovia
- Hedeoma
- Hesperozygis
- Hoehnea
- Killickia (treated as part of Micromeria by Harley et al. 2004)
- Kurzamra
- Mentha
- Micromeria
- Minthostachys
- Monarda
- Monardella
- Obtegomeria
- Origanum
- Pentapleura
- Piloblephis
- Pogogyne
- Poliomintha
- Pycnanthemum
- Rhabdocaulon
- Rhododon
- Saccocalyx
- Satureja
- Stachydeoma
- Thymbra
- Thymus
- Zataria
- Ziziphora
Subtribe Nepetinae
- Agastache
- Cedronella
- Dracocephalum
- Drepanocaryum
- Glechoma
- Heterolamium
- Hymenocrater
- Hyssopus
- Kudrjaschevia
- Lallemantia
- Lophanthus
- Marmoritis
- Meehania
- Nepeta
- Schizonepeta
Subtribe Prunellinae
Subtribe Salviinae
- Chaunostoma
- Dorystaechas
- Lepechinia
- Melissa
- Meriandra, syn. of Salvia
- Salvia
Incertae sedis (uncertain placement):
- Acinos (treated as part of Clinopodium by Harley et al. 2004)
References
- ^ Drew, Bryan T.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (May 2012). "Phylogenetics, biogeography, and staminal evolution in the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 99 (5): 933–953. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1100549. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 22539517.
- ^ MOON, HYE-KYOUNG; HONG, SUK-PYO; SMETS, ERIK; HUYSMANS, SUZY (June 2009). "Phylogenetic significance of leaf micromorphology and anatomy in the tribe Mentheae (Nepetoideae: Lamiaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (2): 211–231. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00979.x. ISSN 0024-4074.