Clinopodium chinense

Clinopodium chinense

Clinopodium chinense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species: C. chinense
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. chinense – C. c. subsp. grandiflorum – C. c. subsp. parviflorum

Name

Clinopodium chinense (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Calamintha chinensis Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 233 (1848).
• Homotypic
  • Calamintha clinopodium var. chinensis (Benth.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 236 (1866).
  • Satureja chinensis (Benth.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 302 (1896).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Amur, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Sakhalin Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Clinopodium chinense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Clinopodium chinense. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Clinopodium chinense. Accessed: May 20 2025.Reference page. 

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