Elsholtzia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: |
Elsholtzia Willd. |
Synonyms | |
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Elsholtzia is a plant genus in the Lamiaceae (mint family). It is widespread across much of temperate and tropical Asia from Siberia south to China, India, Indonesia, etc. The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz.