Amethystea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Ajugoideae
Genus: Amethystea
Species: A. caerulea
Name

Amethystea L. Sp. Pl. 1: 21 (1753)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Amethystina Zinn, Cat. Pl. Hort. Gott.: 318 (1757)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Amethystea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Amethystea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Amethystea. Published online. Accessed: June 2 2014.

Amethystea is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It has only one known species, Amethystea caerulea, commonly known as blue amethystea,[2] native to China, Japan, Korea, Central Asia (Tibet, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan), and parts of Russia (Altai, Chita, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Primorye).[1][3][4][5]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 350. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
Muldashev, A.A. (2011). New floristic records for Bashkiria. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 654-660.
Sheremetova, S.A., Ebel, A.L. & Buko, T.E. (2011). Supplement to the flora of Kemerovo region since 2001 till 2010. Turczaninowia 14(1): 65-74.
Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 55, 水棘针 shui ji zhen, Amethystea caerulea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 21. 1753.