Lallemantia

Lallemantia
Lallemantia canescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Lallemantia
Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Synonyms[1]

Zornia Moench. 1794 not J.F.Gmel. 1792

Lallemantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is named after the German botanist Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant.

There are five species in the genus. They are native to central and southwestern Asia.[1][2] They are annual or biennial herbs. They have been used for various purposes. Lallemantia iberica is cultivated as an oilseed crop.[3]

Species[1]
  1. Lallemantia baldshuanica Gontsch. - Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
  2. Lallemantia canescens (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
  3. Lallemantia iberica (M.Bieb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel
  4. Lallemantia peltata (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Caucasus; Oregon and Wyoming USA (introduced)[4]
  5. Lallemantia royleana (Benth.) Benth. - Western Siberia, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms
  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 133 扁柄草属 bian bing cao shu Lallemantia Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 6: 52. 1840.
  3. ^ Dınç, M., et al. (2009). Micromorphological studies of Lallemantia L.(Lamiaceae) species growing in Turkey. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Botanica. 51(1), 45-54.
  4. ^ "Lallemantia peltata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.