Lamiaceae

Micromeria Benth.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1282 (1829), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe to S. Central China and S. Africa, Alaska to California.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, China South-Central, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Idaho, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Washington, West Himalaya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bräuchler, C., Ryding, O. & Heubl, G. (2008). The genus Micromeria (Lamiaceae), a synoptical update. Willdenowia 38: 363-410.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bräuchler et al. in Taxon 54: 639–650 (2005)
  • Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15, t. 1282 (1829)
  • J.L.S. 155: 429–446 (2007)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 240 (2004)
  • Vasc. Pl. 7: 240 (2004)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Apozia Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 114 (1840).
  • Cuspidocarpus Spenn. in T.F.L.Nees von Esenbeck, Gen. Fl. Germ. 2: 18 (1843).
  • 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
  • Micromeria Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1282 (1829).
  • Micronema Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1857: 95 (1857).
  • Morales, Bot. Complutensis 18: 157-168 (1993), rev. reg.
  • Perez de Paz, Monografías Secc. 4: Ciéncias Naturales, 16: 1-306 (1978), rev. reg.
  • Piperella C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xxxvii (1826).
  • Sabbatia Moench, Methodus: 386 (1794).
  • Tendana Rchb.f., Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 7: 160 (1857).
  • Xenopoma Willd., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 399 (1811).
  • Zygis Desv. in W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 46 (1825).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0