Satureja
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Description
(In Mal.) Often slender and prostrate herbs.
Leaves crenate-serrate or entire.
Flowers small or medium-sized, in dense axillary verticillasters which are often forming loose spicate or racemose inflorescences.
Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, ascending under the upper lip;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, mountains of Malesia present, temperate and warm regions of the northern hemisphere present
About 200 spp. in temperate and warm regions of the northern hemisphere, 2 spp. extending to the mountains of Malesia as far as New Guinea.
Notes
In my precursor I have treated the two Malesian species under the generic concept Calamintha. Controversial opinions have been expressed about its delimitation: KOCH () merged it with Clinopodium, BENTHAM treated it as a section of his concept of Melissa. I have followed BRIQUET whose broad concept of Satureja includes Calamintha as a section.