Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae or Labiatae, also known as the mint family, is a family of plants. It has been considered closely related to Verbenaceae but several recent phylogenetic studies have shown that numerous genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae, whereas the core genera of Verbenaceae are not closely related to Lamiaceae and are more closely related to other members of the Lamiales. The enlarged Lamiaceae family contains 233 to 263 genera and 6900 to 7200 species. The plants are frequently aromatic in all parts and include many widely used culinary herbs, such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, thyme, lavender, and perilla. Some are shrubs, trees, such as teak, or rarely vines. Many members of the family are widely cultivated, owing not only to their aromatic qualities but also their ease of cultivation: these plants are among the easiest plants to propagate by stem cuttings. Besides those grown for their edible leaves, some are grown for decorative foliage, such as coleus. Others are grown for food purposes, but seeds are utilized instead of leaves, such as with chia.

The original family name is Labiatae, so given because the flowers typically have petals fused into an upper lip and a lower lip. Although this is still considered an acceptable alternative name, most botanists now use the name "Lamiaceae" in referring to this family.

The leaves emerge oppositely, each pair at right angles to the previous one (called decussate) or whorled.

The stems are frequently square in cross section, but this is not found in all members of the family, and is sometimes found in other plant families.

The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical with 5 united petals, 5 united sepals. They are usually bisexual and verticillastrate (a flower cluster that looks like a whorl of flowers but actually consists of two crowded clusters).

Genera

The genera in the enlarged family: <table><tr valign="top"><td>
Acanthomintha
Achyrospermum
Acinos
Acrocephalus
Acrotome
Acrymia
Adelosa
Aegiphila
Aeollanthus
Agastache
Ajuga
Ajugoides
Alajja
Alvesia
Amasonia
Amethystea
Anisochilus
Anisomeles
Archboldia
Asterohyptis
Ballota
Basilicum
Becium
Benguellia
Blephilia
Bostrychanthera
Bovonia
Brazoria
Bystropogon
Calamintha
Callicarpa
Capitanopsis
Capitanya
Caryopteris
Catoferia
Cedronella
Ceratanthus
Chaiturus
Chamaesphacos
Chaunostoma
Chelonopsis
Chloanthes
Cleonia
Clerodendrum
Clinopodium
Colebrookea
Collinsonia
Colquhounia
Comanthosphace
Congea
Conradina
Coridothymus
Cornutia
Craniotome </td><td>
Cryphia
Cuminia
Cunila
Cyanostegia
Cyclotrichium
Cymaria
Dauphinea
Dicerandra
Dicrastylis
Dorystaechas
Dracocephalum
Drepanocaryum
Elsholtzia
Endostemon
Englerastrum
Eremostachys
Eriope
Eriophyton
Eriopidion
Eriothymus
Erythrochlamys
Euhesperida
Eurysolen
Faradaya
Fuerstia
Galeopsis
Garrettia
Geniosporum
Glechoma
Glechon
Glossocarya
Gmelina
Gomphostemma
Gontscharovia
Hanceola
Haplostachys
Haumaniastrum
Hedeoma
Hemiandra
Hemigenia
Hemiphora
Hemizygia
Hesperozygis
Heterolamium
Hoehnea
Holmskioldia
Holocheila
Holostylon
Horminum
Hosea
Hoslundia
Hymenocrater
Hymenopyramis </td><td>
Hypenia
Hypogomphia
Hyptidendron
Hyptis
Hyssopus
Isodictyophorus
Isodon
Isoleucas
Kalaharia
Karomia
Keiskea
Kudrjaschevia
Kurzamra
Lachnostachys
Lagochilus
Lagopsis
Lallemantia
Lamiophlomis
Lamium
Lavandula
Leocus
Leonotis
Leonurus
Lepechinia
Leucas
Leucophae
Leucosceptrum
Limniboza
Lophanthus
Loxocalyx
Lycopus
Macbridea
Mallophora
Marmoritis
Marrubium
Marsypianthes
Meehania
Melissa
Melittis
Mentha
Meriandra
Mesona
Metastachydium
Microcorys
Micromeria
Microtoena
Minthostachys
Moluccella
Monarda
Monardella
Monochilus
Mosla
Neoeplingia </td><td>
Neohyptis
Neorapinia
Nepeta (Catnip)
Newcastelia
Nosema
Notochaete
Ocimum
Octomeron
Ombrocharis
Oncinocalyx
Origanum
Orthosiphon
Otostegia
Oxera
Panzerina
Paralamium
Paraphlomis
Paravitex
Peltodon
Pentapleura
Perilla
Perillula
Peronema
Perovskia
Perrierastrum
Petitia
Petraeovitex
Phlomidoschema
Phlomis
Phyllostegia
Physopsis
Physostegia
Piloblephis
Pitardia
Pityrodia
Platostoma
Plectranthus
Pogogyne
Pogostemon
Poliomintha
Prasium
Premna
Prostanthera
Prunella
Pseuderemostachys
Pseudocarpidium
Pseudomarrubium
Puntia
Pycnanthemum
Pycnostachys
Rabdosiella
Renschia
Rhabdocaulon </td><td>
Raphidion
Rhododon
Rosmarinus
Rostrinucula
Rotheca
Roylea
Rubiteucris
Sabaudia
Saccocalyx
Salazaria
Salvia
Satureja
Schizonepeta
Schnabelia
Scutellaria
Sideritis
Solenostemon
Spartothamnella
Sphenodesme
Stachydeoma
Stachyopsis
Stachys
Stenogyne
Sulaimania
Suzukia
Symphorema
Symphostemon
Synandra
Syncolostemon
Tectona
Teijsmanniodendron
Tetraclea
Tetradenia
Teucridium
Teucrium
Thorncroftia
Thuspeinanta
Thymbra
Thymus
Tinnea
Trichostema
Tsoongia
Vitex
Viticipremna
Warnockia
Wenchengia
Westringia
Wiedemannia
Wrixonia
Xenopoma
Zataria
Zhumeria
Ziziphora

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Gallery of Leucas

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Translation

The word "Lamiaceae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Basque, French, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Malay, Occitan, Portuguese, Romanian, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: شفوية, Belarusian: Ясноткавыя, Belarusian (Taraškievica): Ясноткавыя, Bulgarian: Устноцветни, Catalan: Lamiàcia, Czech: Hluchavkovité, Danish: Læbeblomst-familien, German: Lippenblütler, Divehi: ކުދީނާ, Estonian: Huulõielised, Esperanto: Lamiacoj, Persian: نعناعیان, Korean: 꿀풀과, Upper Sorbian: Cycawkowe rostliny, Hebrew: שפתניים, Lithuanian: Notreliniai, Hungarian: Árvacsalánfélék, Macedonian: Усноцветни, Dutch: Lipbloemenfamilie, Japanese: シソ科, Norwegian (Bokmål): Leppeblomstfamilien, Polish: Jasnotowate, Quechua: Muña yura rikch'aq ayllu, Russian: Яснотковые, Finnish: Huulikukkaiskasvit, Swedish: Kransblommiga växter, Telugu: లామియేసి, Thai: วงศ์กะเพรา, Turkish: Ballıbabagiller, Ukrainian: Глухокропивові, Vietnamese: Họ Hoa môi, Walloon: Polurêyes, Chinese: 唇形科.