Ziziphora

Ziziphora
Ziziphora capitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Ziziphora
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Synonyms[1]
  • Faldermannia Trautv.
  • Zwingeria Heist. ex Fabr.

Ziziphora are a genus of annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. Ziziphora has aromatic leaves; they are found in open and often xeric habitats in Southern and Eastern Europe, North-West Africa and Asia to the Himalayas and Altai Mountains.[2]

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Ziziphora L." Factsheets. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.