Stachys

For the bishop, see Stachys the Apostle.

Stachys
Stachys sylvatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Stachys
L.[1]
Type species
Stachys sylvatica
Species

About 360; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Betonica L.
  • Galeopsis Hill 1756 not L. 1753 nor Adans. 1763 nor Moench 1794
  • Galeopsis Moench 1794 not L. 1753 nor Adans. 1763 nor Moench 1794 nor Hill 1756
  • Zietenia Gled.
  • Trixago Haller
  • Bonamya Neck.
  • Eriostomum Hoffmanns. & Link
  • Tetrahitum Hoffmanns. & Link
  • Eriostemum Steud
  • Olisia Spach
  • Ortostachys Fourr.
  • Trixella Fourr.
  • Aspasia E.Mey. ex Pfeiff.
  • Stachyus St.-Lag.
  • Lamiostachys Krestovsk.
  • Menitskia (Krestovsk.) Krestovsk.

Stachys is a genus of plants, one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae.[3] Estimates of the number of species vary from about 300,[3] to about 450.[4] Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae[3] and its type species is Stachys sylvatica.[5] The precise extent of the genus and its relationship to other genera in the subfamily are poorly known.

  1. ^ "Genus: Stachys L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-11-03. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b c Harley, R. M., et al. 2004. "Labiatae". pages 167–275. In: Kubitzki, K. (editor) and J. W. Kadereit (volume editor). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1
  4. ^ Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK.
  5. ^ Stachys In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).