Lamiaceae

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Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, is a family of plants in about 180 genera and some 3,500 species.

These include many widely used culinary herbs, such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, marjoram, oregano and thyme. Some are shrubs, but rarely trees or vines.

It was originally called Labiatae because the flowers typically have petals fused into an upper lip and a lower lip.

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

The stems are square in cross section.

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

Acanthomintha Achyrospermum Acinos Acrocephalus Acrotome Acrymia Aeollanthus Agastache Ajuga Ajugoides Alajja Alvesia Amethystea Anisochilus Anisomeles Antonina Asterohyptis Ballota Basilicum Becium Benguellia Blephilia Bostrychanthera Bovonia Brazoria Bystropogon Calamintha Capitanopsis Capitanya Catoferia Cedronella Ceratanthus Chamaesphacos Chaunostoma Chelonopsis Cleonia Clinopodium Colebrookia Coleus* Collinsonia Colquhounia Comanthosphace Conradina Craniotome Cuminia Cunila Cyclotrichium Cymaria Dauphinea Dicerandra Dorystaechas Dracocephalum Drepanocaryum Eichlerago Elsholtzia Endostemon Englerastrum Eremostachys Eriope Eriiophyton Eriopidion Eriothymus Erythrochlamys Eurysolen Fuerstia Galeopsis Geniosporum Glechoma Glechon Gomphostemma Gontscharovia Hanceola Haplostachys Haumaniastrum Hedeoma Hemiandra Hemigenia Hemizygia Hesperozygis Heterolamium Hoehnea Holocheila Holostylon Horminium Hoslundia Hymenocrater Hypenia Hypogomphia Hyptidendron Hyptis Hyssopus Isodictyophorus Isodon Isoleucas Keiskea Kinostemon Kudrjaschevia Kurzamra Lagochilus Lagopsis Lallemantia Lamiastrum Lamiophlomis Lamium Lavandula Leocus Leonotis Leonurus

Lepechinia Leucas Leucosceptrum Limniboza Lophanthus Loxocalyx Lycopus Macbridea Marmoritis Marrubium Marsypianthes Meehania Melissa Melittis Mentha Meriandra Mesona Metastachydium Microcorys Micromeria Microtoena Minthostachys Moluccella Monarda Monardella Mosla Neoeplingia Neohyptis Nepeta Neustruevia Nosema Notochaete Ocimum Octomeron Ombrocharis Origanum Orthosiphon Otostegia Panzerina Paraeremostachys Paralamium Paraphlomis Peltodon Pentapleura Perilla Perovskia Perrierastrum Phlomis Phlomoides Phyllostegia Physostegia Piloblephis Pitardia Platostoma Plectranthus Pogogyne Pogostemon Poliomintha Prasium Prostanthera Prunella Pseuderemostachys Puntia Pycnanthemum Pycnostachys Renschia Rhabdocaulon Raphidion Rhododon Rosmarinus Rostrinucula Roylea Rubiteucris Sabaudia Saccocalyx Salvia Satureja Schizonepeta Scutellaria Sideritis Siphocranion Skapanthus Solenostemon Stachyopsis Stachys Stenogyne Sulaimania Suzukia Symphostemon Synandra Syncolostemon Tetradenia Teucrium Thorncroftia Thuspeinanta Thymbra Thymus Tinnea Trichostema Wenchengia Westringia Wiedemannia Wrixonia Zataria Zhumeria Ziziphora.