Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Pycnanthemum flexuosum

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: Mentheae
Subtribus: Menthinae
Genus: Pycnanthemum
Species: Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Name

Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., 1888

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Origanum flexuosum Walter, Fl. Carol.: 165 (1788).
• Homotypic
  • Koellia flexuosa (Walter) MacMill., Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 452 (1892).
• Heterotypic
  • Nepeta virginica L., Sp. Pl.: 571 (1753), provisionally listed as a synonym.
  • Koellia capitata Moench, Methodus: 408 (1794).
  • Pycnanthemum aristatum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 8 (1803), nom. superfl.
  • Pycnanthemum virginicum (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 128 (1806).
  • Brachystemum linifolium Willd., Enum. Pl.: 623 (1809).
  • Pycnanthemum linifolium (Willd.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 409 (1813).
  • Koellia aristata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 520 (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Koellia hugeri Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1047 (1903).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L., Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York City. v–xi, 1–90. BHL Reference page. : 42.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Sorrie, B.A. & LeBlond, R.J. (2008). Noteworthy collections from the southeastern United States Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 1353-1361.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pycnanthemum flexuosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pycnanthemum flexuosum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pycnanthemum flexuosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 April 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pycnanthemum flexuosum. Published online. Accessed: April 26 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pycnanthemum flexuosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Appalachian mountainmint

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