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Clinopodium
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Clinopodium

Clinopodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, in the subtribe Menthinae. Clinopodium belongs to a large and complex group of genera including many New World mints such as Hedeoma, Monarda, and Pycnanthemum, and this group is in turn a sister clade to Mentha. The genus name Clinopodium is derived from the Latin clinopodion, from the Ancient Greek κλινοπόδιον (klinopódion), from κλίνη (klínē) "bed" and πόδιον (pódion) "little foot". These were names for...

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12 branches of this group, most-observed first

Wild Basil

speciesClinopodium vulgare

Calamintha

sectionCalamintha

Chinese Clinopodium

speciesClinopodium chinense

Clinopodium caucasicum

speciesClinopodium caucasicum

Pseudomelissa

sectionPseudomelissa

Clinopodium micranthum

speciesClinopodium micranthum

Shady Calamint

speciesClinopodium umbrosum

Clinopodium megalanthum

speciesClinopodium megalanthum

Clinopodium polycephalum

speciesClinopodium polycephalum

Clinopodium atlanticum

speciesClinopodium atlanticum

Clinopodium nummulariifolium

speciesClinopodium nummulariifolium

Clinopodium discolor

speciesClinopodium discolor

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Clinopodium in History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.628

Clinopodium in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.315

Clinopodium in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.256

Clinopodium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.590

Clinopodium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.534

Clinopodium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.534

Clinopodium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.987

Clinopodium in Florum et coronariarum historia

Florum et coronariarum historia

Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.264

Clinopodium in History of Rare Plants of Pannonia

History of Rare Plants of Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.700

Clinopodium in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.260

Clinopodium in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.291

Clinopodium in Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.371

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