Clinopodium

Clinopodium
Clinopodium vulgare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Clinopodium
L.[1]
Type species
Clinopodium vulgare
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Acinos Mill.
  • Antonina Vved.
  • Bancroftia R.K.Porter
  • Calamintha Mill.
  • × Calapodium Holub
  • Ceratominthe Briq.
  • Diodeilis Raf.
  • Drymosiphon Melnikov
  • Faucibarba Dulac
  • Gardoquia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Nostelis Raf.
  • Oreosphacus Phil.
  • Rafinesquia Raf.
  • Rizoa Cav.
  • Xenopoma Willd.

Clinopodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is in the tribe Mentheae of the subfamily Nepetoideae, but little else can be said with certainty about its phylogenetic position.

The genus name Clinopodium is derived from the Latin clinopodion, from the Ancient Greek κλινοπόδιον (klinopódion), from κλίνη (klínē) "bed" and πόδιον (pódion) "little foot". These were names for Clinopodium vulgare.[3]

Clinopodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora albitarsella.

Various Clinopodium species are used as medicinal herbs. For example, C. macrostemum is used in Mexico as a tea under the name poleo or yerba de borracho to cure hangovers, stomach aches, and liver disease.

  1. ^ "Genus Clinopodium L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. ^ "Clinopodium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume I, page 91. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2673-8 (set).