Rhododon

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Rhododon
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Rhododon
Epling
Species:
R. ciliatus
Binomial name
Rhododon ciliatus
(Benth.) Epling
Synonyms [1]
  • Keithia ciliataBenth.
  • Hedeoma ciliata(Benth.) Benth. 1848 not Nutt. earlier in 1848
  • Stachydeoma ciliata (Benth.) Small
  • Hedeoma texanumCory
  • Stachydeoma angulataTharp
  • Stachydeoma duvaliiTharp
  • Rhododon angulatus(Tharp) B.L.Turner

Rhododon, called sandmint, [2] is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1939. It contains only one known species, Rhododon ciliatus, the Texas sandmint [3] endemic to the state of Texas in the United States. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kewe World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Archived 2014-08-31 at Wikiwix
  2. NRCS. "Rhododon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. NRCS. "Rhododon". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 October 2015.