Mentheae
Appearance
Mentheae | |
---|---|
Mentha pulegium | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
Tribe: | Mentheae |
Type genus | |
Mentha | |
Genera | |
See text |
Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme.
Genera
Subtribe Lycopinae
- Lycopus (21 living species)
Subtribe Menthinae
- Acanthomintha
- Blephilia
- Bystropogon
- Clinopodium
- Conradina
- Cuminia
- Cunila
- Cyclotrichium
- Dicerandra
- Drymosiphon
- Eriothymus
- Glechon
- Gontscharovia
- Hedeoma
- Hesperozygis
- Hoehnea
- Killickia (treated as part of Micromeria by Harley et al. 2004)
- Kurzamra
- Mentha
- Micromeria
- Minthostachys
- Monarda
- Monardella
- Obtegomeria
- Origanum
- Pentapleura
- Piloblephis
- Pogogyne
- Poliomintha
- Pycnanthemum
- Rhabdocaulon
- Rhododon
- Saccocalyx
- Satureja
- Stachydeoma
- Thymbra
- Thymus
- Zataria
- Ziziphora
Subtribe Nepetinae
- Agastache
- Cedronella
- Dracocephalum
- Drepanocaryum
- Glechoma
- Heterolamium
- Hymenocrater
- Hyssopus
- Kudrjaschevia
- Lallemantia
- Lophanthus
- Marmoritis
- Meehania
- Nepeta
- Schizonepeta
Subtribe Prunellinae
Subtribe Salviinae
Incertae sedis (uncertain placement):
- Acinos (treated as part of Clinopodium by Harley et al. 2004)
- Calamintha
- Pitardia