Mentheae

Translingual

Etymology

Mentha +‎ -eae

Proper noun

Mentheae

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Lamiaceae – mints and related plants.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Lamiaceae – family; Nepetoideae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (tribe): Menthinae, Lycopinae, Nepetinae, Prunellinae, Salviinae – subtribes
  • Mentha – type genus; Acanthomintha (thorn mints), Agastache (giant hyssops), Blephilia (wood mints), Bystropogon, Cedronella, Cleonia, Clinopodium (syns. Acinos, Calamintha (calamints)), Conradina (false rosemary), Cuminia, Cunila, Cyclotrichium, Dicerandra (Panhandle mints), Dracocephalum (dragonheads), Drepanocaryum, Eriothymus, Glechoma (ground ivy, etc.), Glechon, Gontscharovia, Hedeoma (false pennyroyals), Hesperozygis, Hoehnea, Horminum, Hymenocrater, Hyssopus (hyssop, etc.), Kudrjaschevia, Kurzamra, Lallemantia, Lepechinia (pitchersage); syn. Chaunostoma, Neoeplingia), Lophanthus, Lycopus (gypsywort, bugleweed), Marmoritis, Meehania (Meehan's mint, etc.), Melissa (lemon balm), Micromeria, Minthostachys, Monarda (bee balm, etc.), Monardella (wildmints, coyote mints), Nepeta (catmints), Origanum (oregano, marjoram, etc.), Pentapleura, Piloblephis (wild pennyroyal), Pitardia (cat mint), Pogogyne (mesamint), Poliomintha (rosemary mint, desert oregano), Prunella (self-heal), Pycnanthemum (mountain mints), Rhabdocaulon, Rhododon, Saccocalyx, Salvia (sages; syns. Dorystaechas, Meriandra, Zhumeria, Perovskia), Satureja (savory, etc., Schizonepeta (Japanese catnips), Thymbra, Thymus (thymes), Zataria, Ziziphora – other genera

References

• Mentheae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mentheae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mentheae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons