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Mint family
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae Lindley
Genera
See text

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^[1] 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^[2] to 263^[3] genera and 6900^[2] to 7200^[4] species.

Lamium purpureum, showing the bilaterally symmetrical flower

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

Leucas aspera in Hyderabad, India.

Orthosiphon thymiflorus flower

The genera in the enlarged family^[3]:

Gallery of Leucas

Leucas longifolia in Hyderabad, India.

Leucas longifolia in Hyderabad, India.

Leucas longifolia in Hyderabad, India.

Leucas aspera in Hyderabad, India.

Leucas aspera in Hyderabad, India.

Leucas aspera in Hyderabad, India.

References

• Watson and Dallwitz

External links

• Lamiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com
• Lamiaceae images
• Family Lamiaceae Flowers in Israel
• Chilean Lamiaceae Chileflora
• Family Lamiaceae (Labiatae) Plant Life Forms

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Translingual

Etymology

Proper noun

Lamiaceae

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic family within the order Lamiales — many plants related to mint.

Hyponyms

See also

• Lamiaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lamiaceae on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
• Lamiaceae on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

From Wikispecies

Hyssopus officinalis

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

Main Page
Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Lamiales
Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamiliae: Ajugoideae - Chloanthoideae - Lamioideae - Nepetoideae - Pogostemonoideae - Scutellarioideae - Symphorematoideae - Teucrioideae - Viticoideae

Genera Overview:

Acanthomintha - Achyrospermum - Acinos - Acrocephalus - Acrotome - Acrymia - Aeollanthus - Agastache - Ajuga - Ajugoides - Alajja - Alvesia - Amethystea - Anisochilus - Anisomeles - Antonina - Asterohyptis - Ballota - Basilicum - Becium - Benguellia - Betonica - 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 - Eriiophyton - Eriope - 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 - 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 - Raphidion - Renschia - Rhabdocaulon - 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

Vernacular name

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