Mentheae

Mentheae
Mentha pulegium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Type genus
Mentha
Genera
See text

Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. ^{[1] [2]} It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, catnip, bee balm and thyme.

Genera

Subtribe Lycopinae

• Lycopus (21 living species)

Subtribe Menthinae

• Acanthomintha
• Blephilia
• Bystropogon
• Clinopodium
• Conradina
• Cuminia
• Cunila
• Cyclotrichium
• Dicerandra
• Drymosiphon
• Eriothymus
• Glechon
• Gontscharovia
• Hedeoma
• Hesperozygis
• Hoehnea
• Killickia (treated as part of Micromeria by Harley et al. 2004)
• Kurzamra
• Mentha
• Micromeria
• Minthostachys
• Monarda
• Monardella
• Obtegomeria
• Origanum
• Pentapleura
• Piloblephis
• Pogogyne
• Poliomintha
• Pycnanthemum
• Rhabdocaulon
• Rhododon
• Saccocalyx
• Satureja
• Stachydeoma
• Thymbra
• Thymus
• Zataria
• Ziziphora

Subtribe Nepetinae

• Agastache
• Cedronella
• Dracocephalum
• Drepanocaryum
• Glechoma
• Heterolamium
• Hymenocrater
• Hyssopus
• Kudrjaschevia
• Lallemantia
• Lophanthus
• Marmoritis
• Meehania
• Nepeta
• Schizonepeta

Subtribe Prunellinae

• Cleonia
• Horminum
• Prunella

Subtribe Salviinae

• Chaunostoma
• Dorystaechas
• Lepechinia
• Melissa
• Meriandra, syn. of Salvia
• Salvia

Incertae sedis

(uncertain placement):

• Acinos (treated as part of Clinopodium by Harley et al. 2004)

References

1. Drew, Bryan T.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (May 2012). "Phylogenetics, biogeography, and staminal evolution in the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 99 (5): 933–953. Bibcode:2012AmJB...99..933D. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1100549 . ISSN   0002-9122. PMID   22539517.
2. MOON, HYE-KYOUNG; HONG, SUK-PYO; SMETS, ERIK; HUYSMANS, SUZY (June 2009). "Phylogenetic significance of leaf micromorphology and anatomy in the tribe Mentheae (Nepetoideae: Lamiaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (2): 211–231. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00979.x . ISSN   0024-4074.