Amethystea

Amethystea
Scientific classification
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 L.
Synonyms [1]
Amethystea trifidaHill Amethystea corymbosaPers. Lycopus amethystinusSteven AmethystinaZinn

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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 350. ISBN   978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016– via Korea Forest Service.
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.