Ziziphora

Ziziphora are a genus of annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. Ziziphora has aromatic leaves; they are found in open and often xeric habitats in Southern and Eastern Europe, North-West Africa and Asia to the Himalayas and Altai mountains.[2]

Ziziphora
Ziziphopra capitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Ziziphora
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Faldermannia Trautv.
  • Zwingeria Heist. ex Fabr.

Distribution
  • Southwestern Europe
  • Southeastern Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Northern Africa
  • Macaronesia
  • Siberia
  • Middle Asia
  • Caucasus
  • Western Asia
  • Arabian Peninsula
  • China
  • Mongolia
  • Indian Subcontinent[2]
  • Iran (north khorasan)
Species[1]
  1. Ziziphora aragonensis Pau - Spain
  2. Ziziphora brantii K.Koch - Caucasus
  3. Ziziphora capitata L. - Balkans, Black Sea region, Middle East, Central Asia
  4. Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. - Siberia, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Central Asia, Himalayas, Southwest Asia
  5. Ziziphora galinae Juz. - Turkmenistan
  6. Ziziphora hispanica L. - Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  7. Ziziphora interrupta Juz. - Tajikistan
  8. Ziziphora pamiroalaica Juz. - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Xinjiang
  9. Ziziphora pedicellata Pazij & Vved. - Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
  10. Ziziphora persica Bunge - Iran, Turkey, Caucasus, Crimea, Central Asia
  11. Ziziphora puschkinii Adam - Caucasus
  12. Ziziphora raddei Juz. - Caucasus
  13. Ziziphora suffruticosa Pazij & Vved. - Uzbekistan
  14. Ziziphora taurica M.Bieb - Crimea, Turkey, Syria
  15. Ziziphora tenuior L. - Ukraine, Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Middle East
  16. Ziziphora vichodceviana Tkatsch. ex Tulyag. - Kyrgyzstan
  17. Ziziphora woronowii Maleev - Caucasus

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Ziziphora L." Factsheets. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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