| Elsholtzia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Tribe: | Elsholtzieae |
| Genus: | Elsholtzia Willd. |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Elsholtzia is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc. [1] [2] [3] The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz.