- Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Satureja L.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial or annual herbs or subshrubs, aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves entire or scarcely toothed, usually conduplicate, glandular-punctate, young leaves in axillary fascicles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of 2-many-flowered axillary verticillasters or cymes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts usually leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2-lipped or almost actinomorphic, campanulate, 10-13-nerved, rarely appearing 5-nerved, 5-lobed (3/2), posterior lobes straight to upcurved, anterior lobes longer, calyx-throat bearded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, 4-lobed, white, lilac, pink or pale-purple; posterior lobe concave, ± rounded, emarginate, anterior lip with median lobe oblong, spreading, tube ± cylindrical, straight
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, scarcely didynamous or anterior pair longer, filaments exserted, curved
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
- Thecae ± divaricate or parallel, ellipsoidal, confluent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets ovoid, sometimes elongate or apiculate, smooth or muricate, sometimes hairy.
- Note
- 2n = 30. About 38 species. Divided into two sections: Satureja and Salzmannia G. López following López (1981).
- Distribution
- In the Mediterranean Region, Northern Africa: Morocco and Libya, Caucasus and Western Asia: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. Introduced to Northern Europe
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- Use
- Aromatic and medicinal plants used as flavouring, source of essential oils and ornamental.
Native to:
Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Baleares, Central European Rus, Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Gulf States, Illinois, Portugal, Primorye, Texas, Ukraine, Vermont
- Satureja adamovicii ilic
- Satureja aintabensis P.H.Davis
- Satureja amani P.H.Davis
- Satureja atropatana Bunge
- Satureja avromanica Maroofi
- Satureja bachtiarica Bunge
- Satureja boissieri Hausskn. ex Boiss.
- Satureja bzybica Woronow
- Satureja × caroli-paui G.López
- Satureja cilicica P.H.Davis
- Satureja coerulea Janka
- Satureja cuneifolia Ten.
- Satureja × delpozoi Sánchez-Gómez, J.F.Jiménez & R.Morales
- Satureja edmondii Briq.
- Satureja × exspectata G.López
- Satureja fukarekii ilic
- Satureja hellenica Halácsy
- Satureja hortensis L.
- Satureja horvatii ilic
- Satureja icarica P.H.Davis
- Satureja innota (Pau) Font Quer
- Satureja intermedia C.A.Mey.
- Satureja intricata Lange
- Satureja isophylla Rech.f.
- Satureja kermanshahensis Jamzad
- Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad
- Satureja kitaibelii Wierzb. ex Heuff.
- Satureja laxiflora K.Koch
- Satureja macrantha C.A.Mey.
- Satureja metastasiantha Rech.f.
- Satureja montana L.
- Satureja mutica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Satureja × orjenii ilic
- Satureja pallaryi J.Thiébaut
- Satureja parnassica Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.
- Satureja pilosa Velen.
- Satureja rumelica Velen.
- Satureja sahendica Bornm.
- Satureja salzmannii (Kuntze) P.W.Ball
- Satureja spicigera (K.Koch) Boiss.
- Satureja spinosa L.
- Satureja subspicata Bartl. ex Vis.
- Satureja taurica Velen.
- Satureja thymbra L.
- Satureja visianii ilic
- Satureja wiedemanniana (Avé-Lall.) Velen.
Satureja L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Jul 1, 1998 | Kamundi, D. [622], Cameroon | K000337766 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 568 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 45 (1954).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 567 (1753)
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Argantoniella G.López & R.Morales, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 61: 25 (2004).
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Doroszenko, doctoral thesis: 175-205, Edinb. U. (1985), rev.
- Euhesperida Brullo & Furnari, Webbia 34: 433 (1979).
- Saturiastrum Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 133 (1869).
- Thymbra Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754), nom. illeg.
- Satureja L., Sp. Pl. 2: 567 (1753)
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