Mentheae

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: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Lycopinae – Menthinae – Nepetinae – Prunellinae – Salviinae
Genera

Acanthomintha – Acinos – Agastache – Audibertiella – Blephilia – Bystropogon – Calamintha – Calosphace – Cedronella – Chaunostoma – Cleonia – Clinopodium – Conradina – Cuminia – Cunila – Cyclotrichium – Dicerandra – Dorystaechas – Dracocephalum – Drepanocaryum – Drymosiphon – Eriothymus – Glechoma – Glechon – Gontscharovia – Hedeoma – Hesperozygis – Heterolamium – Hoehnea – Horminum – Hymenocrater – Hyssopus – Killickia – Kudrjaschevia – Kurzamra – Lallemantia – Lepechinia – Lophanthus – Lycopus – Marmoritis – Meehania – Melissa – Mentha – Meriandra – Micromeria – Minthostachys – Monarda – Monardella – Neoeplingia – Nepeta – Obtegomeria – Origanum – Pentapleura – Piloblephis – Pogogyne – Poliomintha – Prunella – Pycnanthemum – Rhabdocaulon – Rhododon – Rosmarinus – Saccocalyx – Salvia – Satureja – Stachydeoma – Thymbra – Thymus – Zataria – Zhumeria – Saccocalyx
Nothogenera: x Clinomicromeria

Name

Mentheae Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 48. (1827)

Type genus: Mentha L. (1753)

References

Drew, B.T. & Sytsma, K.J. 2012. Phylogenetics, biogeography, and staminal evolution in the tribe Mentheae (Lamiaceae). American Journal of Botany 99(5): 933–953. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100549 Full text PDF Reference page.
Drew, B.T., González-Gallegos, J.G., Xiang, C.L., Kriebel, R., Drummond, C.P., Walker, J.B. & Sytsma, K.J. 2017. Salvia united: The greatest good for the greatest number. Taxon 66(1): 133–145. DOI: 10.12705/661.7 PDF Reference page.
Will, M. & Classen-Bockhoff, R. 2017. Time to split Salvia s.l. (Lamiaceae) – New insights from Old World Salvia phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 33–58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.041 Reference page.
Walker, J.B., Sytsma, K.J., Treutlein, J. & Wink, M. 2004. Salvia (Lamiaceae) is not monophyletic: implications for the systematics, radiation, and ecological specializations of Salvia and tribe Mentheae. American Journal of Botany 91(7): 1115–1125. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.7.1115 Open access Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: نعناعاوية
русский: Мятные
中文: 薄荷族

Mentheae is the largest tribe of plants in the family Lamiaceae. It includes herbs such as sage, hyssop, mint, bee balm and thyme.
Genera

Subtribe Lycopinae

Lycopus (21 living species)

Subtribe Menthinae

Acanthomintha
Blephilia
Bystropogon
Clinopodium
Conradina
Cuminia
Cunila
Cyclotrichium
Dicerandra
Drymosiphon
Eriothymus
Glechon
Gontscharovia
Hedeoma
Hesperozygis
Hoehnea
Killickia (treated as part of Micromeria by Harley et al. 2004)
Kurzamra
Mentha
Micromeria
Minthostachys
Monarda
Monardella
Obtegomeria
Origanum
Pentapleura
Piloblephis
Pogogyne
Poliomintha
Pycnanthemum
Rhabdocaulon
Rhododon
Saccocalyx
Satureja
Stachydeoma
Thymbra
Thymus
Zataria
Ziziphora

Subtribe Nepetinae

Agastache
Cedronella
Dracocephalum
Drepanocaryum
Glechoma
Heterolamium
Hymenocrater
Hyssopus
Kudrjaschevia
Lallemantia
Lophanthus
Marmoritis
Meehania
Nepeta
Schizonepeta

Subtribe Prunellinae

Cleonia
Horminum
Prunella

Subtribe Salviinae

Chaunostoma
Dorystaechas
Lepechinia
Melissa
Meriandra
Neoeplingia
Salvia
Zhumeria

Incertae sedis (uncertain placement):

Acinos (treated as part of Clinopodium by Harley et al. 2004)
Calamintha
Pitardia

References