Perilla frutescens

Perilla frutescens

Perilla frutescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
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: Elsholtzieae
Genus: Perilla
Species: Perilla frutescens
Varietates: P. f. var. crispa – P. f. var. frutescens – P. f. var. hirtella

Name

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton

Original combination: Ocimum frutescens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 597. 1753

Synonyms

• Melissa cretica Lour.
• Melissa maxima Ard. Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt.: 28. 1764
• Mentha perilloides Lam. 4(1): 112. 1797
• Ocimum frutescens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 597. 1753
• Perilla albiflora Odash. J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 1935, vii. 84
• Perilla avium Dunn Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 161. 1913
• Perilla frutescens f. crispidiscolor Makino
• Perilla frutescens var. auriculatodentata C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan ex H.W.Li
• Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
• Perilla frutescens var. laviniata W.Mill. & L.H.Bailey
• Perilla frutescens var. purpurascens (Hayata) H.W.Li
• Perilla ocymoides L. Gen. Pl., ed. 6. 578. 1764
• Perilla ocymoides f. discolor Makino
• Perilla ocymoides f. purpurea Makino
• Perilla ocymoides f. viridicrispa Makino
• Perilla ocymoides f. viridis Makino
• Perilla ocymoides var. japonica Hassk.
• Perilla ocymoides var. purpurascens Hayata
• Perilla shimadae Kudô J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 1931, iii. 225
• Perilla urticifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 80. 1796

References

• Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5:277. 1894
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Perilla frutescens in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Veripeippi
日本語: エゴマ, 荏胡麻, 荏
한국어: 들깨
中文: 紫苏, 白紫苏

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