Hedeoma

Last updated

False pennyroyals
Hedeoma nana 1.jpg
Hedeoma nana , Mohave Desert
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Hedeoma
Pers.
Synonyms [1]

PseudocunilaBrade

Hedeoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North and South America. They are commonly known as false pennyroyals. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The genus name is derived from the Greek words ἡδύς (hedys), meaning "sweet," and ὀσμή (osme), meaning "odour". It refers to the scent of the leaves. [5] Hedeoma patens M.E. Jones (common name, oregano chiquito) is used by natives of northwestern Mexico to flavor various food items. [6] [7] [8]

Species [2]
  1. Hedeoma acinoides Scheele– Slender false pennyroyal - Texas, Oklahoma, Coahuila
  2. Hedeoma apiculata W.S.Stewart– McKittrick's false pennyroyal - western Texas, southeastern New Mexico
  3. Hedeoma bella (Epling) R.S.Irving - Jalisco
  4. Hedeoma chihuahuensis (Henrard) B.L.Turner - Chihuahua
  5. Hedeoma ciliolata (Epling & W.S.Stewart) R.S.Irving - Gypsum false pennyroyal - Nuevo León
  6. Hedeoma costata Hemsl.– Ribbed false pennyroyal - Mexico, Guatemala, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico
  7. Hedeoma crenata R.S.Irving - Rio de Janeiro
  8. Hedeoma dentata Torr.– Dentate false pennyroyal - Arizona, Sonora, New Mexico
  9. Hedeoma diffusa Greene– Spreading (or Flagstaff) false pennyroyal - Nevada, Arizona
  10. Hedeoma drummondii Benth.– Drummond's false pennyroyal - western United States, Alabama, Mississippi, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora
  11. Hedeoma floribunda Standl. - Chihuahua
  12. Hedeoma hispida Pursh– Rough false pennyroyal - Canada, central + eastern United States (especially the Great Plains)
  13. Hedeoma hyssopifolia A.Gray– Aromatic false pennyroyal - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona
  14. Hedeoma johnstonii R.S.Irving - Coahuila
  15. Hedeoma jucunda Greene - Durango
  16. Hedeoma mandoniana Wedd. - Peru, Bolivia, Jujuy Province of Argentina
  17. Hedeoma martirensis Moran - Baja California
  18. Hedeoma matomianum Moran - Baja California
  19. Hedeoma medium Epling - Argentina, Uruguay
  20. Hedeoma microphylla R.S.Irving - San Luis Potosí
  21. Hedeoma mollis Torr.– Softhair false pennyroyal - western Texas
  22. Hedeoma montana Brandegee - Coahuila
  23. Hedeoma multiflora Benth - Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil
  24. Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq.– Dwarf false pennyroyal - Chihuahua, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Mohave Desert in California
  25. Hedeoma oblatifolia Villarreal - Coahuila
  26. Hedeoma oblongifolia (A.Gray) A.Heller– Oblongleaf false pennyroyal - Chihuahua, Sonora, New Mexico, Arizona
  27. Hedeoma palmeri Hemsl. - San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Coahuila
  28. Hedeoma patens M.E. Jones–oregano chiquito - Chihuahua, Coahuila
  29. Hedeoma patrina W.S.Stewart - Zacatecas
  30. † Hedeoma pilosa R.S.Irving– Old blue false pennyroyal - Brewster County in Texas but apparently extinct
  31. Hedeoma piperita Benth. - Hidalgo, México State
  32. Hedeoma plicata Torr.– Veiny false pennyroyal - Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico
  33. Hedeoma polygalifolia Benth. - southern Brazil
  34. Hedeoma pulcherrima Wooton & Standl.– White Mountain false pennyroyal - New Mexico
  35. Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers.– American false pennyroyal - eastern Canada, central + eastern United States
  36. Hedeoma pusilla (R.S.Irving) R.S.Irving - Nuevo León
  37. Hedeoma quercetora Epling - Nuevo León
  38. Hedeoma reverchonii (A.Gray) A.Gray– Reverchon's false pennyroyal - southern Great Plains (Texas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas)
  39. Hedeoma rzedowskii B.L.Turner - Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí
  40. Hedeoma × serpyllifolia Small - Texas, New Mexico
  41. Hedeoma tenuiflora Brandegee - Baja California
  42. Hedeoma tenuipes Epling - northeastern Mexico
  43. Hedeoma todsenii R.S.Irving– Todsen's false pennyroyal - New Mexico

Formerly placed here

Related Research Articles

<i>Nolina</i>

Nolina is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. They are large, dioecious plants.

<i>Palafoxia</i>

Palafoxia, palafox, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the Bahia tribe within the.

<i>Grindelia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Grindelia (gumweed) is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the sunflower family. The genus was named for Latvian botanist David Hieronymus Grindel, 1776–1836.

<i>Encelia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Encelia is a genus of the plant family Asteraceae. It consists of shrubs of arid environments in southwestern North America and western South America.

Sanvitalia

The creeping zinnias are plants belonging to the sunflower family. They are native to mostly to Mexico, with a few species in Central America, South America, and the Southwestern United States.

<i>Bouteloua</i> Genus of grasses

Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.

<i>Hymenoxys</i> Genus of flowering plants

Hymenoxys is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America. It was named by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in 1828.

<i>Stephanomeria</i>

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.

<i>Heterotheca</i> Genus of plants

Heterotheca, are North American plants in the sunflower family.

<i>Trichostema</i>

Trichostema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, which are aromatic herbs or subshrubs. These plants are native to North America. Many plant of this genus which have whorls of small blue flowers are called by the common name bluecurls.

<i>Isocoma</i> Genus of shrubs

Isocoma commonly called Jimmyweed or goldenweed, is a genus of North American semi-woody shrubs in the sunflower family. It is found in the semi-arid areas of Southwestern United States and Mexico.

<i>Thymophylla</i>

Thymophylla is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the marigold tribe within the sunflower family. Pricklyleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.

Isocoma pluriflora, commonly called southern jimmyweed or southern goldenbush, is a North American species of flowering perennial herbs in the sunflower family. It grows in northern Mexico and in the southwestern and south-central United States.

Psilactis is a genus of North American and South American plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family which are known by the common name tansyaster.

<i>Hilaria</i> (plant) Genus of flowering plants

Hilaria is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as curly mesquite. They are found in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala.

<i>Gibasis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Gibasis is a genus of flowering plants within the Commelinaceae family, first described in 1837. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from Texas and the West Indies south to Argentina, with most of the species native to Mexico.

<i>Poliomintha</i>

Poliomintha is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the southwestern United States, Haiti, and northern Mexico.

Baccharis salicina is a species of North American plants in the sunflower family. Common names include willow baccharis, and Great Plains false willow.

Chondrosum is a genus of North American and South American plants in the grass family.

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Hedeoma Pers". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Hedeoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  5. ↑ DeBaggio, Thomas; Arthur O. Tucker (2009). The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance. Timber Press. p. 250. ISBN   978-0-88192-994-2.
  6. ↑ Laferriere, Joseph E. 1991. Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona
  7. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  8. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.