The botanical name for germander.
Teucrium
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Meaning #1:
large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
Synonym: genus Teucrium
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| Teucrium | |
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| Tree Germander (Teucrium fruticans) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Teucrium L. (1753) |
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| Teucrium fruticans L. |
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Several, see text |
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Monochilon Dulac |
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Teucrium is a genus of perennial plants, of the family Lamiaceae. Common names for this genus include germanders. These species are herbs, shrubs or subshrubs. They are most common in Mediterranean climates.
An unusual feature of this genus compared with other members of Lamiaceae is that the flowers completely lack the upper lip of the corolla, although it is somewhat reduced also in other genera (Ajuga among them).
Several species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Coleophora case-bearers Coleophora auricella and Coleophora chamaedriella. The latter is only known from Wall Germander.
Teucrium species are rich in essential oils. Germanders are valued as ornamental plants and pollen source, and some species have culinary and/or medical value.
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Selected species
- Teucrium ajugaceum
- Teucrium argutum
- Teucrium balfourii
- Teucrium balthazaris
- Teucrium botrys – Cut-leaved Germander
- Teucrium canadense – American Germander
- Teucrium capitatum
- Teucrium chamaedrys – Wall Germander
- Teucrium corymbosum
- Teucrium cossonii – Fruity Teucrium
- Teucrium cubense
- Teucrium flavum – Yellow Germander
- Teucrium fruticans – Tree Germander, Shrubby Germander, Bush Germander
- Teucrium glandulosum
- Teucrium grandiusculum
- Teucrium laciniatum – Lacy Germander
- Teucrium marum Cat Thyme
- Teucrium polium – Felty Germander
- Teucrium pyrenaicum
- Teucrium racemosum
- Teucrium scordium – Water Germander
- Teucrium scorodonia – Woodland Germander
- Teucrium socotranum
- Teucrium townsendii
- Teucrium townsendii ssp. affine
- Teucrium townsendii var. townsendii
See also
References
- ^ "Teucrium" (HTML). Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Teucrium. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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