Stachys

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Stachys

Description

Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite, crenate or serrate. Stamens 4, subequal ascending;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Australasia absent, Cape present, Chile present, Orient present, Pacific absent, mountains of West Java present, the Mediterranean present, worldwide present
One of the largest genera of the family, with c. 200 spp., and worldwide distribution, especially developed in the Orient, the Mediterranean, the Cape, and Chile (BRIQUET, l.c.), absent from Australasia and the Pacific, in Malesia only found in two close spots in the mountains of West Java.

Citation

BRIQ. 1896 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: 260
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 172
LINNE 1753: Sp. Pl.: 580