| Stenogyne cranwelliae | |
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| Syntype of Stenogyne cranwelliae from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Stenogyne |
| Species: | S. cranwelliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenogyne cranwelliae Sherff | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stenogyne cranwelliae, also known as Kohala Mountain stenogyne, is a flowering plant the family Lamiaceae. The plant is endemic to Hawaii.
The species was first formally described in 1939 by Earl Edward Sherff, based on specimens collected from Waipio Valley in Kohala, Hawaii in 1938. [2] Sherff named the species after Auckland War Memorial Museum botanist Lucy Cranwell, who was one of the three people who collected the specimen. [2] Stenogyne bracteosa and Stenogyne repens, both described by Harold St. John in 1987, have since been synonymised with S. cranwelliae. [3] [4]
Phylogenetic analysis of Hawaiian mints has shown that S. cranwelliae is closelyt related to S. calaminthoides , S. macrantha , S. sessilis and S. rugosa . [5] [6]
Stenogyne cranwelliae has elongated stems which measure approximately 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) in thickness. It is morphologically similar to S. calaminthoides , but differs by having significantly smaller leaf petioles and a different leaf shape. [2] It grows as a creeping vine, and grows groups of six flowers. [4]
The species is endemic to Hawaii, uncommonly found in wet forested areas. [4]
The Lamiaceae or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other medicinal herbs such as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort. Some species are shrubs, trees, or, rarely, vines. Many members of the family are widely cultivated, not only for their aromatic qualities, but also their ease of cultivation, since they are readily propagated by stem cuttings. Besides those grown for their edible leaves, some are grown for decorative foliage. Others are grown for seed, such as Salvia hispanica (chia), or for their edible tubers, such as Plectranthus edulis, Plectranthus esculentus, Plectranthus rotundifolius, and Stachys affinis. Many are also grown ornamentally, notably coleus, Plectranthus, and many Salvia species and hybrids.
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Micromeria glomerata, known locally as cliffthyme or thyme of Taganana, is a species of plant with woody chameleophyte flowers, belonging to the Lamiaceae family. It is a species endemic to the northeast of the Canary Island of Tenerife, whose description was first made in 1974, thanks to botanist Pedro Luis Pérez de Paz. It is a medicinal and aromatic plant with pink-purple flowers that grows at low altitude in the crevices of the slopes of the protected area of the Anaga Rural Park, located in the massif of the same name. The flexible, puberulose stem and with internodes can reach 10 to 40 centimeters in height. On the other hand, the leaves are small and flat, 8 mm long by 6 mm wide.11
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