Amethystea

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Amethystea
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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 Lamiaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It has only one known species, Amethystea caerulea, commonly known as blue amethystea, [2] 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]

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References

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