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, Northeastern India, Indonesia, etc.[1][2][3] The genus was named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz.

Elsholtzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Tribe: Elsholtzieae
Genus: Elsholtzia
Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aphanochilus Benth.
  • Cyclostegia Benth.
  • Paulseniella Briq.
  • Platyelasma Kitag.
Species[1]
  1. Elsholtzia amurensis Prob. - Amur region of Russia
  2. Elsholtzia angustifolia (Loes.) Kitag. - Korea, Manchuria
  3. Elsholtzia argyi H.Lév. - southern China, Vietnam
  4. Elsholtzia beddomei C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand
  5. Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth. - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Sumatra, Viet Nam
  6. Elsholtzia bodinieri Vaniot - Guizhou, Yunnan
  7. Elsholtzia byeonsanensis M.Kim - South Korea
  8. Elsholtzia capituligera C.Y.Wu - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  9. Elsholtzia cephalantha Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan
  10. Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. - widespread across Siberia, Russian Far East, China, India, Himalayas, Japan, Korea, Indochina
  11. Elsholtzia communis (Collett & Hemsl.) Diels - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  12. Elsholtzia concinna Vautier - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan
  13. Elsholtzia cyprianii (Pavol.) C.Y.Wu & S.Chow - central + southern China
  14. Elsholtzia densa Benth. - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, China, Mongolia
  15. Elsholtzia eriocalyx C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - southern China
  16. Elsholtzia eriostachya (Benth.) Benth. - China, Tibet, Himalayas
  17. Elsholtzia feddei H.Lév - China, Tibet
  18. Elsholtzia flava Benth. - China, Himalayas
  19. Elsholtzia fruticosa (D.Don) Rehder - China, Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar
  20. Elsholtzia glabra C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - China
  21. Elsholtzia griffithii Hook.f - Myanmar, Assam
  22. Elsholtzia hallasanensis Y.N.Lee - Jeju-do Island in Korea
  23. Elsholtzia heterophylla Diels - Yunnan, Myanmar
  24. Elsholtzia hunanensis Hand.-Mazz. - southern China
  25. Elsholtzia kachinensis Prain - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
  26. Elsholtzia litangensis C.X.Pu & W.Y.Chen - Sichuan
  27. Elsholtzia luteola Diels - Sichuan, Yunnan
  28. Elsholtzia minima Nakai - Jeju-do Island in Korea
  29. Elsholtzia myosurus Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
  30. Elsholtzia nipponica Ohwi - Japan
  31. Elsholtzia ochroleuca Dunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
  32. Elsholtzia oldhamii Hemsl. - Taiwan
  33. Elsholtzia penduliflora W.W.Sm - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam
  34. Elsholtzia pilosa (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam
  35. Elsholtzia pubescens Benth. - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Sulawesi
  36. Elsholtzia pygmaea W.W.Sm. - Yunnan
  37. Elsholtzia rugulosa Hemsl - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
  38. Elsholtzia serotina Kom - northern China, Japan, Korea, Primorye
  39. Elsholtzia souliei H.Lév. - Sichuan, Yunnan
  40. Elsholtzia splendens Nakai ex F.Maek. - China, Korea
  41. Elsholtzia stachyodes (Link) Raizada & H.O.Saxena - Indian Subcontinent, China, Myanmar
  42. Elsholtzia stauntonii Benth. - northern China
  43. Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar
  44. Elsholtzia winitiana Craib - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

References

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  1. ^ a b c "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. ^ Flora of Pakistan
  3. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 246 香薷属 xiang ru shu Elsholtzia Willdenow, Bot. Mag. (Romer & Usteri). 4(11): 3. 1790.