ABSTRACT
Linnaeus ([1753] 1957) recognized 12 species in Scutellaria when he described the genus. He did not coin the generic name, but borrowed it from several authors before him. The genus has grown to about 350 species, and Mabberley (1997) considered it cosmopolitan. There are 13 species in Europe, and Kartesz (1993) admitted 44 for North America.
