Lamiaceae - Genera

Genera

The last revision of the entire family was published in 2004. It described and provided keys to 236 genera. These are marked with an asterisk in the list below. A few genera have been established or resurrected since 2004. These are marked with a plus sign. The remaining genera in the list are mostly of historical interest only and are from a source that includes such genera without explanation. Few of these are recognized in modern treatments of the family. Adelosa is a nomen dubium. No specimen exists and no one knows what Carl Ludwig Blume described as Adelosa in 1850.

Kew Gardens provides a list of genera that includes additional information and is easy to read. The list at the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website is frequently updated.

*Acanthomintha
*Achyrospermum
Acinos
Acrocephalus
*Acrotome
*Acrymia
Adelosa
*Aegiphila
*Aeollanthus
*Agastache
*Ajuga
*Ajugoides
*Alajja
*Alvesia
*Amasonia
*Amethystea
*Anisochilus
*Anisomeles
Archboldia
*Asterohyptis
*Ballota
*Basilicum
Becium
*Benguellia
*Blephilia
*Bostrychanthera
Bovonia
*Brachysola
*Brazoria
*Bystropogon
Calamintha
*Callicarpa
*Capitanopsis
Capitanya
*Caryopteris
*Catoferia
*Cedronella
Ceratanthus
*Chaiturus
*Chamaesphacos
*Chaunostoma
*Chelonopsis
*Chloanthes
*Cleonia
*Clerodendrum
*Clinopodium
*Colebrookea
*Collinsonia
*Colquhounia
*Comanthosphace
*Congea
*Conradina
Coridothymus
*Cornutia
*Craniotome

Cryphia
*Cuminia
*Cunila
*Cyanostegia
*Cyclotrichium
*Cymaria
*Dauphinea
*Dicerandra
*Dicrastylis
Discretitheca
Dorystoechas
*Dracocephalum
*Drepanocaryum
*Elsholtzia
*Endostemon
Englerastrum
*Eremostachys
*Eriope
*Eriophyton
Eriopidion
*Eriothymus
Erythrochlamys
Euhesperida
*Eurysolen
*Faradaya
*Fuerstia
*Galeopsis
*Garrettia
Geniosporum
*Glechoma
*Glechon
*Glossocarya
*Gmelina
*Gomphostemma
*Gontscharovia
*Hanceola
*Haplostachys
*Haumaniastrum
*Hedeoma
*Hemiandra
*Hemigenia
*Hemiphora
*Hemizygia
*Hesperozygis
*Heterolamium
*Hoehnea
*Holmskioldia
*Holocheila
Holostylon
*Horminum
*Hosea
*Hoslundia
*Huxleya
*Hymenocrater
*Hymenopyramis
*Hypenia

*Hypogomphia
*Hyptidendron
*Hyptis
*Hyssopus
Isodictyophorus
*Isodon
*Isoleucas
+Kalaharia
*Karomia
Keiskea
Kudrjaschevia
*Kurzamra
*Lachnostachys
*Lagochilus
*Lagopsis
*Lallemantia
*Lamiophlomis
*Lamium
*Lavandula
*Leocus
*Leonotis
*Leonurus
*Lepechinia
*Leucas
Leucophae
*Leucosceptrum
Limniboza
*Lophanthus
*Loxocalyx
*Lycopus
*Macbridea
*Madlabium
*Mallophora
*Marmoritis
*Marrubium
*Marsypianthes
*Matsumurella
*Meehania
*Melissa
*Melittis
*Mentha
*Meriandra
Mesona
*Metastachydium
*Microcorys
*Micromeria
*Microtoena
*Minthostachys
*Moluccella
*Monarda
*Monardella
*Monochilus
*Mosla
*Neoeplingia
Neohyptis
Neorapinia

*Nepeta
*Newcastelia
Nosema
*Notochaete
*Obtegomeria
*Ocimum
Octomeron
*Ombrocharis
*Oncinocalyx
*Origanum
*Orthosiphon
*Otostegia
+Ovieda
*Oxera
*Panzerina
*Paralamium
*Paraphlomis
*Paravitex
*Peltodon
*Pentapleura
*Perilla
*Perillula
*Peronema
*Perovskia
Perrierastrum
Petitia
*Petraeovitex
*Phlomidoschema
*Phlomis
*Phyllostegia
*Physopsis
*Physostegia
*Piloblephis
Pitardia
*Pityrodia
*Platostoma
*Plectranthus
*Pogogyne
*Pogostemon
*Poliomintha
*Prasium
*Premna
*Prostanthera
*Prunella
*Pseudocarpidium
*Pseudocaryopteris
*Pseudoeremostachys
*Pseudomarrubium
Puntia
*Pycnanthemum
*Pycnostachys
Rabdosiella
*Renschia
*Rhabdocaulon
*Rhaphiodon
*Rhododon

*Rosmarinus
*Rostrinucula
*Rotheca
*Roylea
*Rubiteucris
+Rydingia
Sabaudia
*Saccocalyx
Salazaria
*Salvia
*Satureja
*Schizonepeta
*Schnabelia
*Scutellaria
*Sideritis
*Siphocranion
Solenostemon
*Spartothamnella
*Sphenodesme
*Stachydeoma
*Stachyopsis
*Stachys
*Stenogyne
*Sulaimania
*Suzukia
*Symphorema
Symphostemon
*Synandra
*Syncolostemon
*Tectona
*Teijsmanniodendron
+Tetraclea
*Tetradenia
*Teucridium
*Teucrium
*Thorncroftia
*Thuspeinanta
*Thymbra
*Thymus
*Tinnea
*Trichostema
*Tripora
*Tsoongia
*Vitex
*Viticipremna
+Volkameria
*Warnockia
*Wenchengia
*Westringia
Wiedemannia
*Wrixonia
Xenopoma
*Zataria
*Zhumeria
*Ziziphora

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