Biology:Amethystea

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Short description: Species of plant

Amethystea
Amethystea caerulea 49117972.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Ajugoideae
Genus: Amethystea
L.
Species:
A. caerulea
Binomial name
Amethystea caerulea
Synonyms[1]
  • Amethystea trifida Hill
  • Amethystea corymbosa Pers.
  • Lycopus amethystinus Steven
  • Amethystina Zinn

Amethystea is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It has only one known species, Amethystea caerulea, commonly known as blue amethystea.[2] It is native to China, Japan, Korea, Central Asia (Tibet, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan), and parts of Russia (Altai, Chita, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Primorye).[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 350. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 25 January 2016. 
  3. Muldashev, A.A. (2011). New floristic records for Bashkiria. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 654-660.
  4. Sheremetova, S.A., Ebel, A.L. & Buko, T.E. (2011). Supplement to the flora of Kemerovo region since 2001 till 2010. Turczaninowia 14(1): 65-74.
  5. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 55, 水棘针 shui ji zhen, Amethystea caerulea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 21. 1753.

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