ABSTRACT

This handbook provides the most complete collection of chemical data available on aromatic mints (Lamiaceae). The authors thoroughly introduce the field of aromathematics. Handbook of Medicinal Mints (Aromatics): Phytochemicals and Biological Activities contains a wealth of quantitative data, including more than 500 references on 10,839 chemicals from 251 assays of 205 unique taxa, combined with 3,324 biological activities and 256 recommended daily allowances and lethal doses. An exhaustive guide, the handbook is the ultimate resource for assessing the potential medicinal value of a particular species.

chapter |375 pages

Important Phytochemicals in Mints

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Acinos alpinus var. meridionalis (NYMAN) P.W.BALL "Te de Sierra Nevada" Unaggregated A

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Acinos alpinus var. meridionalis (NYMAN) P.W.BALL "Te de Sierra Nevada" Unaggregated B

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Acinos suaveolens (SIBT. & SMITH) G. DON F.

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Aeolanthus myriantha BAKER "Ninde"

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Agastache foeniculum (PURSH) KUNTZE "Giant Hyssop"

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Agastache nepetoides (L.) KUNTZE

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Agastache pallidiflora (HELLER) RYDBERG

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Agastache rugosa (Fischer & C. Meyer) Kuntze

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Agastache urticifolia (BENTH.) KUNTZE "Nettle-Leaf Giant Hyssop" Unaggregated A

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Ajuga bracteosa WALL. "Nilkanthi"

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Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreber "Bugle"

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Ajuga iva (L.) Schreber "Ivy Bugle"

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Ajuga remota "Bugle"

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Ajuga reptans L. "Bugle"

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Anisomeles indica (L.) KUNTZE "Kalabhangra"

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Anisomeles malabarica R.BR. "Malabar Catmint"

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Ballota nigra L. "Black Horehound"

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Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa (REQ.) P.W.BALL "Turkish Calamint" Unaggregated A

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Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa (REQ.) P.W.BALL "Turkish Calamint" Unaggregated B

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Calamintha nepeta (L.) SAVI "Calamint"

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Cleonia lusitanica (L.) L. "Spanish Heal-All"

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Coleus barbatus BENTH. "Forskohl's Coleus"

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Coleus blumei BENTH. "El Nene"

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Coleus forskohlii BRIQ "Forskohl's Coleus"

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Collinsonia canadensis L. "Stone Root"

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Coridothymus capitatus (L.) REICHB. f. "Spanish Oregano" Unaggregated A

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Cunila origanoides (L.) BRITTON "Mountain Dittany" Unaggregated A

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Dracocephalum parviflora (NUTT.) BRITT. "Small-Flowered Moldavica"

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Dracocephalum thymiflora RYDB. "Thyme-Flowered Moldavica"

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Elsholtzia blanda BENTH. "Bantaluki, Bantulsi"

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Elsholtzia cristata WILLD. "Furan Chemotype" Unaggregated A

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Elsholtzia eriostachya var. pusilla "'Dwarf' Bush Mint" Unaggregated A

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Elsholtzia nipponica OHWI "Hsiang Ju"

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Elsholtzia pilosa GARKE "Hairy Mint Shrub" Unaggregated A

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Elsholtzia polystachya BENTH. "Bush Mint" Unaggregated A

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Elsholtzia polystachya BENTH. "Bush Mint" Unaggregated B

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Galeopsis segetum NECK. "Downy Hemp Nettle"

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Galeopsis tetrahit L. "Hemp Nettle"

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Glechoma hederacea L. "Alehoof"

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Hedeoma drummondii BENTH. "Drummond's Pennyroyal"

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Hedeoma hispida PURSH. "Hispid Pennyroyal" Unaggregated A

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Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) PERS "American Pennyroyal"

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Hedeoma reverchonii GRAY "Reverchon's Pennyroyal" Unaggregated A

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Hyptis suaveolens POIT. "Wild Hops"

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Hyptis suaveolens POIT. "Wild Hops" Unaggregated A

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Hyptis suaveolens POIT. "Wild Hops" Unaggregated B

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop"

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated A

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated B

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated C

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated D

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated E

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated F

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated G

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated H

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Hyssopus officinalis L. "Hyssop" Unaggregated I

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Isanthus brachiatus (L.) BSP "False Pennyroyal"

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Lagochilus inebrians BUNGE "Intoxicating Mint"

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Lavandula angustifolia MILLER "English Lavender"

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Lavandula latifolia MEDIK. "Aspic, Broad-Leaved Lavender, Spike Lavender"

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Lavandula x hybrida BALB. EX GING. "Hybrid Lavender"

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Lavandula x intermedia EMERIC ex LOIS "Dutch Lavender, Lavandin"

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Lavandula sp. "Lavender"

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Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. BR. "Catnipleaf Lion's-Ear"

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Leonurus cardiaca L. "Motherwort"

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Lepechinia calycina EPLING "Epling's Lepechinia"

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Lepechinia schiediana (SCHLECHT.) VATKE "Schiede's Lepechinia" Unaggregated A

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Lycopus americanus MUHL. "American Bugle" Unaggregated A

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Lycopus europeus L. "European Bugle"

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Lycopus uniflorus MICHX. "One-Flowered Bugle"

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Lycopus virginicus L. "Bugle"

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Marrubium vulgare L. "Horehound"

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Melissa officinalis L. "Lemonbalm"

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Mentha aquatica L. "Water Mint"

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Mentha aquatica L. "Water Mint" Unaggregated A

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Mentha aquatica L. "Water Mint" Unaggregated B

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Mentha aquatica L. "Water Mint" Unaggregated C

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Mentha aquatica L. "Water Mint" Unaggregated D

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Mentha aquatica L. "Water Mint" Unaggregated E

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Mentha arvensis L. "Cornmint, Field Mint, Japanese Mint"

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Mentha longifolia (L.) HUDS. "Biblical Mint"

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Mentha x piperita L. "Peppermint"

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Mentha pulegium L. "European Pennyroyal"

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Mentha sp. "Mint"

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Mentha spicata L. "Spearmint"

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Mentha x rotundifolia (L.) HUDSON "Applemint"

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Micromeria congesta BOISS. & HAUSSKN. "Kaya Yarpuzu"

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Micromeria croatica Unaggregated A

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Micromeria dalmatica Unaggregated A

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Micromeria fruticosa ssp. barbata (BOISS. & KY.) P.H. DAVIS "Tea Hyssop, Zopha, Zuta" Unaggregated A

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Micromeria fruticosa ssp. barbata (BOISS. & KY.) P.H. DAVIS "Tea Hyssop, Zopha, Zuta" Unaggregated B

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Micromeria fruticosa "Tasnanesi"

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Micromeria juliana Unaggregated A

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Micromeria myrtifolia BOISS. & HOHEN "Dagcayi, Haydarotu, Topukcayi" Unaggregated A

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Micromeria teneriffae Unaggregated A

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Micromeria thymifolia Unaggregated A

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Micromeria varia ssp. thymoides "Madeiran 'Hyssop'" Unaggregated A

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Micromeria varia ssp. thymoides "Madeiran 'Hyssop'" Unaggregated B

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Minthostachys mollis (KUNTH.) GRISEB "Muna, Tipo"

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Moldavica thymiflora RYDB. "Thyme-Flowered Moldavica" Unaggregated A

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Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lagasca "Lemon Mint" Unaggregated A

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Monarda citriodora Cerv. ex Lagasca "Lemon Mint" Aggregated

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Monarda clinopodia L. "Clinopod Bergamot" Unaggregated A

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Monarda didyma L. "Beebalm, Oswego Tea"

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Moldavica parviflora (NUTT.) BRITT. "Small-Flowered Moldavica" Unaggregated A

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Monarda fistulosa L. "Wild Bergamot"

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Monarda lindheimeri ENGL. & GRAY "Lindheimer's Monarda" Unaggregated A

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Monarda media WILLD. "Mean Monarda"

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Monarda punctata L. "Horsemint"

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Monarda russeliana NUTT. ex SIMS "Russel's Monarda" Unaggregated A

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Nepeta cataria L. "Catnip"

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Nepeta racemosa LAM. "Catmint" Unaggregated A

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Nepeta racemosa LAM. "Catmint" Unaggregated B

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Ocimum basilicum L. "Basil"

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Ocimum basilicum L. "Basil" Unaggregated A

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Ocimum canum SIMS "Hoary Basil"

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Ocimum gratissimum L. "Agbo, Shrubby Basil"

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Ocimum gratissimum L. "Agbo, Shrubby Basil" Unaggregated A

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Ocimum kilimandscharicum GUERKE "African Blue Basil, Kenyan Perennial Basil"

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Ocimum sanctum L. "Holy Basil, Tulsi"

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Ocimum suave WILLD. "Kenyan Tree Basil"

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Ocimum tenuiflorum L. "Anise-Scented Basil" Unaggregated A

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Origanum creticum L. "Dittany Of Crete"

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Origanum majorana L. "Marjoram"

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Origanum minutiflorum O. SCHWARZ & P.H. DAVIS "Small-Flowered Oregano"

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Origanum onites L. "Oregano, Pot Marjoram"

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Origanum onites L. "Oregano, Pot Marjoram" Unaggregated A

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Origanum onites L. "Oregano, Pot Marjoram" Unaggregated B

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Origanum sipyleum L. "Bayircayi, Guveyoto" Unaggregated A

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Origanum sipyleum L. "Bayircayi, Guveyoto" Unaggregated B

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Origanum sipyleum L. "Bayircayi, Guveyoto" Unaggregated D

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Origanum syriacum L. "Za'Atar" Unaggregated A

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Origanum syriacum L. "Za'Atar" Unaggregated B

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Origanum syriacum L. "Za'Atar" Unaggregated C

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Origanum vulgare L. "Wild Oregano, Common Turkish Oregano" Unaggregated A

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Origanum vulgare L. "Wild Oregano, Common Turkish Oregano" Aggregated

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Origanum vulgare var. gracile (C. KOCH) IETSWAART "Slender Turkish Oregano" Unaggregated A

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Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum (LINK) IETSWAART "Greek Oregano" Unaggregated A

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Origanum vulgare var. hirtum (LINK) IETSWAART "Istanbul Kekigi, Turkish Oregano" Unaggregated A

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Origanum vulgare var. viride (BOISS.) HAYEK "Green Turkish Oregano" Unaggregated A

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Perilla frutescens (L.) BRITTON "Perilla"

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Plectranthus amboinicus (LOUR.) SPRENGEL "Amboini Coleus, Country Borage, Cuban Oregano, French Thyme, Indian Borage, Soup Mint, Spanish Thyme"

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Plectranthus coleoides MARGINATUS Unaggregated A

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Plectranthus incanus LINK. "Lal Agada" Unaggregated A

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Pogostemon cablin (BLANCO) BENTH. "Patchouli"

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Prunella vulgaris L. "Self-Heal"

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Pycnanthemum albescens TORR. & GRAY "White Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum beadlei (SMALL) FERNALD "Beadle's Mountain Mint" Unaggregated A

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Pycnanthemum californicum TORR. "California Mountain Mint" Unaggregated A

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Pycnanthemum clinopodioides TORR. & GRAY "Clinopod Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum curvipes (GREENE) GRANT & EPLING "Curved Mountain Mint" Unaggregated A

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Pycnanthemum incanum (L.) MICHX. "Hoary Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum loomisii NUTT. "Loomis' Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum montanum MICHX. "Montane Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum muticum (MICHX.) PERS. "Muticous Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum pilosum NUTT. "Pilose Mountain Mint"

entry |1 pages

Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides (LEAVENW.) FERNALD "Typical Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum setosum NUTT. "Setose Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium SCHRAD. "Slenderleaf Mountain Mint"

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Pycnanthemum torreyi BENTH. "Torrey's Mountain Mint" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Pycnanthemum verticillatum (MICHX.) PERS. "Whorled Mountain Mint" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) DURAND & JACKSON "Virginia Mountain Mint"

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Rosmarinus eriocalyx JORDAN & FOURR. "Rosemary" Aggregated A

entry |1 pages

Rosmarinus eriocalyx JORDAN & FOURR. "Rosemary" Aggregated B

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Rosmarinus officinalis L. "Rosemary"

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Rosmarinus officinalis L. "Rosemary" Aggregated A

entry |1 pages

Rosmarinus officinalis L. "Rosemary" Aggregated B

entry |1 pages

Rosmarinus officinalis L. "Rosemary" Aggregated C

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Rosmarinus officinalis L. "Rosemary" Unaggregated A

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Rosmarinus officinalis L. "Rosemary" Unaggregated B

entry |1 pages

Rosmarinus tomentosus HUBER-MORATH & MAIRE "Hairy Rosemary"

entry |1 pages

Rosmarinus x lavandulaceus DE NOE "Lavender Rosemary"

entry |1 pages

Rosmarinus x mendizabalii SAGREDO EX ROSUA "Mendizabali's Rosemary"

entry |1 pages

Salvia canariensis L. "Canary Island Sage" Unaggregated A

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Salvia dorisiana STANDL. "'Honduran' Sage"

entry |1 pages

Salvia gilliesii BENTH. "'Cordoba' Sage" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Salvia miltiorrhiza BUNGE "Dan-Shen, Red Sage, Tan-Shen"

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Salvia officinalis L. "Sage"

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Salvia sclarea L. "Clary Sage"

entry |1 pages

Salvia sp. "Chia"

entry |1 pages

Salvia triloba L. "Greek Sage"

entry |1 pages

Satureja cilicica P.H. DAVIS "Turkish Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Satureja cuneifolia TEN. "Cuneate Turkish Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Satureja douglasii (BENTH.) BRIQ. "Douglas' Savory"

entry |1 pages

Satureja glabella (MICHX.) BRIQ. "Smooth Savory"

entry |1 pages

Satureja grandiflora (L.) SCHEELE "French Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Satureja hortensis L. "Summer Savory"

entry |2 pages

Satureja montana L. "Winter Savory"

entry |1 pages

Satureja obovata LAG. "Iberian Savory, Savory"

entry |1 pages

Satureja obovata LAG. "Iberian Savory, Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Satureja obovata LAG. "Iberian Savory, Savory" Unaggregated B

entry |1 pages

Satureja obovata LAG. "Iberian Savory, Savory" Unaggregated C

entry |1 pages

Satureja obovata LAG. "Iberian Savory, Savory" Unaggregated D

entry |1 pages

Satureja odora (GRIS.) EPL. "Scented Pampa Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Satureja parvifolia (PHIL.) EPL. "Small-Leaf Pampa Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Satureja subspicata ssp. liburnica "Yugoslav Savory" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Satureja thymbra L. "Goat Oregano" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Schizonepeta tenuifolia BRIQ. "Ching-Chieh, Jing-Jie"

entry |1 pages

Scutellaria baicalensis GEORGI "Chinese Skullcap, Huang Qin"

entry |1 pages

Scutellaria churchilliana FERNALD "Hybrid Skullcap"

entry |1 pages

Scutellaria discolor COLEBR. "Discolor Skullcap"

entry |1 pages

Scutellaria galericulata L. "Marsh Skullcap"

entry |1 pages

Scutellaria lateriflora L. "Maddog Skullcap"

entry |1 pages

Scutellaria parvula MICHX. "Small Skullcap" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Sideritis athoa PAPANIKOLAOU ET KOKKINI "Kedi Kuyrugu Cayi" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Sideritis germanicolpitana BORNM

entry |2 pages

Sideritis mugronensis

entry |1 pages

Sideritis pauli PAU "El Molinillo Sideritis" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Sideritis scardica GRISEB. "Balkan Sideritis" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Stachys germanica L. "Downy Woundwort" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Stachys officinalis (L.) TREVISAN "Betony"

entry |1 pages

Teucrium arduini L. "'Croatian Alpine' Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Teucrium arduini L. "'Croatian Alpine' Germander" Unaggregated B

entry |2 pages

Teucrium asiaticum L. Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Teucrium chamaedrys L. "Wall Germander"

entry |2 pages

Teucrium cyprium BOISS. "'Cyprus' Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Teucrium divaricatum var. canescens (CELAK.) HOLMBOE "Hoary Divaricate Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |3 pages

Teucrium gnaphalodes L'HER. "Iberian Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Teucrium kotschyanum POECH "Stavros Kotschy's Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Teucrium marum L. "Cat Thyme"

entry |2 pages

Teucrium micropodioides ROUY "Small 'Cyprus' Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Teucrium montanum L. "Mountain Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Teucrium oxylepis ssp. marianum RUIZ DE LA TORRE Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Teucrium oxylepis ssp. oxylepis Unaggregated A

entry |3 pages

Teucrium polium var. valentinum "Iberian Golden Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Teucrium polium L. "Golden Germander"

entry |2 pages

Teucrium pseudoscorodonia DESF. Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Teucrium salviastrum SCHREBER Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Teucrium scordium "Water Germander"

entry |2 pages

Teucrium scorodonia L. "Germander, Wood Germander" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Teucrium scorodonia L. "Germander, Wood Germander" Aggregated

entry |1 pages

Thymus broussonettii BOISS. "Moroccan Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Thymus capitatus (L.) HOFFM. "'Sicilian' Thyme, Spanish Origanum, Spanish Thyme"

entry |2 pages

Thymus capitatus (L.) HOFFM. "'Sicilian' Thyme, Spanish Origanum, Spanish Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Thymus cilicicus BOISS. & BAL. "'Anatolian' Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |3 pages

Thymus funkii COUSS. "Funk's Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |3 pages

Thymus funkii COUSS. "Funk's Thyme" Unaggregated B

entry |2 pages

Thymus longicaulis C. Presl "Kekik, Tas Kekik" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Thymus longicaulis C. Presl "Kekik, Tas Kekik" Unaggregated B

entry |2 pages

Thymus longicaulis C. Presl "Kekik, Tas Kekik" Unaggregated C

entry |2 pages

Thymus mastichina L. "Spanish Marjoram"

entry |1 pages

Thymus orospedanus H. del VILLAR "Orosped Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Thymus riatarum HUMBERT & MAIRE "'Moroccan' Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Thymus saturejoides "Moroccan Savory Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |2 pages

Thymus serpyllum L. "Creeping Thyme"

entry |4 pages

Thymus vulgaris L. "Common Thyme, Garden Thyme"

entry |1 pages

Thymus x citriodorus (PERS.) SCHREB. "Funk's thyme, Lemon Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Thymus zygis ssp. sylvestris "'Portuguese' Thyme"

entry |1 pages

Thymus zygis L. "Spanish Thyme" Unaggregated A

entry |1 pages

Thymus zygis L. "Spanish Thyme" Unaggregated B

entry |1 pages

Trichostemma dichotomum L. "Blue Curls" Unaggregated A