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CALAMINTHA Mill.
SATUREJA L.
Aromatic perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Leaves opposite, toothed (sometimes entire); margin flat, not thickened. Inflorescence a thyrse, sometimes the cymes reduced to single flowers; bracts similar to stem leaves but becoming smaller in upper part of stem. Calyx 5-lobed, weakly zygomorphic to strongly 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lipped; posterior lip entire, emarginate or 4-toothed; anterior lip 3-lobed, flat. Stamens 4, fertile or upper pair reduced to staminodes, sometimes all sterile in female flowers, ascending under posterior lip. Ovary 4-lobed; style gynobasic. Nutlets trigonous, matt. Worldwide: C. 110 species, mostly in the New World and temperate Eurasia, some in tropical Africa and Asia Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
myrianthum (Baker) Ryding | N,C | Description, Image |
uhligii (Gürke) Ryding var. obtusifolium (Avetta) Ryding | N | Description, Image |
vernayanum (Brenan) Ryding[End] | S |
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