Hedeoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North and South America. They are commonly known as false pennyroyals.[2][3][4]
| False pennyroyals | |
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| Hedeoma nana, Mohave Desert | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Mentheae |
| Genus: | Hedeoma Pers. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudocunila Brade | |
The genus name is derived from the Greek words ἡδύς (hedys), meaning "sweet," and ὀσμή (osme), meaning "odour". It refers to the scent of the leaves.[5] Hedeoma patens M.E. Jones (common name, oregano chiquito) is used by natives of northwestern Mexico to flavor various food items.[6][7][8]
- Species[2]
- Hedeoma acinoides Scheele – Slender false pennyroyal - Texas, Oklahoma, Coahuila
- Hedeoma apiculata W.S.Stewart – McKittrick's false pennyroyal - western Texas, southeastern New Mexico
- Hedeoma bella (Epling) R.S.Irving - Jalisco
- Hedeoma chihuahuensis (Henrard) B.L.Turner - Chihuahua
- Hedeoma ciliolata (Epling & W.S.Stewart) R.S.Irving - Gypsum false pennyroyal - Nuevo León
- Hedeoma costata Hemsl. – Ribbed false pennyroyal - Mexico, Guatemala, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico
- Hedeoma crenata R.S.Irving - Rio de Janeiro
- Hedeoma dentata Torr. – Dentate false pennyroyal - Arizona, Sonora, New Mexico
- Hedeoma diffusa Greene – Spreading (or Flagstaff) false pennyroyal - Nevada, Arizona
- Hedeoma drummondii Benth. – Drummond's false pennyroyal - western United States, Alabama, Mississippi, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora
- Hedeoma floribunda Standl. - Chihuahua
- Hedeoma hispida Pursh – Rough false pennyroyal - Canada, central + eastern United States (especially the Great Plains)
- Hedeoma hyssopifolia A.Gray – Aromatic false pennyroyal - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona
- Hedeoma johnstonii R.S.Irving - Coahuila
- Hedeoma jucunda Greene - Durango
- Hedeoma mandoniana Wedd. - Peru, Bolivia, Jujuy Province of Argentina
- Hedeoma martirensis Moran - Baja California
- Hedeoma matomianum Moran - Baja California
- Hedeoma medium Epling - Argentina, Uruguay
- Hedeoma microphylla R.S.Irving - San Luis Potosí
- Hedeoma mollis Torr. – Softhair false pennyroyal - western Texas
- Hedeoma montana Brandegee - Coahuila
- Hedeoma multiflora Benth - Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil
- Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. – Dwarf false pennyroyal - Chihuahua, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Mohave Desert in California
- Hedeoma oblatifolia Villarreal - Coahuila
- Hedeoma oblongifolia (A.Gray) A.Heller – Oblongleaf false pennyroyal - Chihuahua, Sonora, New Mexico, Arizona
- Hedeoma palmeri Hemsl. - San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Coahuila
- Hedeoma patens M.E. Jones –oregano chiquito - Chihuahua, Coahuila
- Hedeoma patrina W.S.Stewart - Zacatecas
- †Hedeoma pilosa R.S.Irving – Old blue false pennyroyal - Brewster County in Texas but apparently extinct
- Hedeoma piperita Benth. - Hidalgo, México State
- Hedeoma plicata Torr. – Veiny false pennyroyal - Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico
- Hedeoma polygalifolia Benth. - southern Brazil
- Hedeoma pulcherrima Wooton & Standl. – White Mountain false pennyroyal - New Mexico
- Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. – American false pennyroyal - eastern Canada, central + eastern United States
- Hedeoma pusilla (R.S.Irving) R.S.Irving - Nuevo León
- Hedeoma quercetora Epling - Nuevo León
- Hedeoma reverchonii (A.Gray) A.Gray – Reverchon's false pennyroyal - southern Great Plains (Texas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas)
- Hedeoma rzedowskii B.L.Turner - Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí
- Hedeoma × serpyllifolia Small - Texas, New Mexico
- Hedeoma tenuiflora Brandegee - Baja California
- Hedeoma tenuipes Epling - northeastern Mexico
- Hedeoma todsenii R.S.Irving – Todsen's false pennyroyal - New Mexico
Formerly placed here
edit- Clinopodium glabrum (Nutt.) Kuntze (as H. arkansana Nutt.)
- Poliomintha incana (Torr.) A.Gray (as H. incana Torr.)
References
edit- ^ "Genus: Hedeoma Pers". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-09-10. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Hedeoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ DeBaggio, Thomas; Arthur O. Tucker (2009). The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance. Timber Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-88192-994-2.
- ^ Laferriere, Joseph E. 1991. Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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