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Asterohyptis
Asterohyptis is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, or mint family, first described in 1932. It is native to Mexico and Central America.
Hesperozygis
Hesperozygis is a genus of shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. The species are all endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil.
Siphocranion
Siphocranion is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1929. It is native to China, the Himalayas, and northern Indochina.
Catoferia
Catoferia is a small genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae composed of only four species. The majority of the species in this genus are confined to southern Mexico, with one species (Catoferia chiapensis) being recorded from Central America, Colombia and Peru in addition to southern Mexico. The beginning of this genus has been traced back to the Cretaceous era, making the genus around 55 to 65 million years old.
Schnabelia
Schnabelia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1921. The entire genus is endemic to China.
Newcastelia
Newcastelia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1857 by Ferdinand von Mueller, who placed it in the family, Verbenaceae. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Sphenodesme
Sphenodesme is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1820. The genus is native to southern China, the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China and Malesia.
Teijsmanniodendron
Teijsmanniodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1904. It is native to Southeast Asia and Papuasia.
Eriope
Eriope is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1833. It is native to South America, many of the species endemic to Brazil.
Killickia
Killickia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae. Described in 2008, the genus includes three species that were formerly placed in Micromeria section Hesperothymus, although it more closely resembles Clinopodium in habit and leaf shape.
Kudrjaschevia
Kudrjaschevia is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1953. It is native to mountainous regions of south-central Asia.
Pseudocarpidium
Pseudocarpidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1906. It is native the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola).
Hypenia
Hypenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to South America and southern Mexico.
Petraeovitex
Petraeovitex is a genus of eight climbing shrubs species known to science, of the mint family Lamiaceae (formerly placed within Verbenaceae). Collectively, they grow naturally in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Philippines, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Cape York Peninsula, Australia.
Marsypianthes
Marsypianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1833. It is native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, and southern Mexico.
Endostemon
Endostemon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, commonly called keepsafes. There are 21 species, the majority of which are found in eastern Africa. Some species are present in central and southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Madagascar and the Indian subcontinent each have one.
Isoleucas
Isoleucas is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1939. It is native to Yemen and Somalia.
Rhabdocaulon
Rhabdocaulon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1936. It is native to South America.
Rostrinucula
Rostrinucula is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1929. It has two known species, both endemic to China. thumb|255px| Inflorescence of a Rostrinucula dependens.
Rubiteucris
Rubiteucris is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1929. It is native to southern China, the Himalayas, and Myanmar.
Loxocalyx
Loxocalyx is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1891. It is native to China and Japan.
Eriophyton
Eriophyton is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1830. Its species are native to Central Asia, western China, and the Himalayas.
Petitia
Petitia, called the bastard stopper, is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1760. It contains two known species, native to Florida and the West Indies.
Fuerstia
Fuerstia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1929. It is native to Eastern and Southern Africa.
Lachnostachys
Lachnostachys (common name Lambs tails) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1842 by William Jackson Hooker. The type species is Lachnostachys ferruginea. The genus name, Lachnostachys, comes from two Greek words/roots, lachnề ("wool") and -stachys ("relating to a spike"), and thus describes the genus as having spiked woolly inflorescences. The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia
Syncolostemon
Syncolostemon (sagebushes) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It is native primarily to South Africa, with some species in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (including Madagascar), plus one species in India.
Physopsis
Physopsis is a genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1849. The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.
Glossocarya
Glossocarya is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1843. It is native to Indochina, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, and Queensland.
Dicrastylis
Dicrastylis is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1855. The entire genus is endemic to Australia. The type species is Dicrastylis fulva.
Hemiphora
Hemiphora is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in this genus are woolly shrubs with warty, hairy leaves and with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens. These species are similar to those in the genus Chloanthes in that the base of the leaves extends down the stem. They differ from Chloanthes, in that the leaves only extend a short distance down the stem.
Chloanthes
Chloanthes is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus are shrubs with hairy foliage, blistered or wrinkly leaves and flowers with five petals fused at the base, usually with two "lips".
Pityrodia
Pityrodia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to Australia, most species occurring in Western Australia, a few in the Northern Territory and one in Queensland. Plants in this genus are shrubs with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens of unequal lengths.
Eplingiella
Eplingiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Cyanostegia
Cyanostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, that was errcted in 1849. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Dasymalla
thumb|Dasymalla teckiana in the [[Australian National Botanic Gardens]]
Brachysola
Brachysola is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 2000. It contains two known species, both endemic to the State of Western Australia.
Oocephalus
Oocephalus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Thorncroftia
Thorncroftia (whistlesweets) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1912. It is native to southern Africa.
Microcorys
Microcorys is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1810. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Hymenopyramis
Hymenopyramis is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1843. It is native to Indochina and to the Hainan Province of southern China.
Monochilus
Monochilus is a genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1835. It contains two known species, both endemic to Brazil.
Schizonepeta
Schizonepeta (Japanese catnip) is a genus of herbs. It should not be confused with the true catnips of the genus Nepeta (also Lamiaceae) known for their euphoria-inducing effect on domestic cats.
Cantinoa
Cantinoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native primarily to New World, with some species introduced in the old world.
Faradaya
thumb|Faradaya splendida
Quoya
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Pseudocaryopteris
Pseudocaryopteris is a genus of plants first described in 1999. It is native to China, Thailand, Myanmar, and the Himalayas (from Pakistan to Assam).
Pycnostachys
Pycnostachys is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.
Rydingia
Rydingia (tinjute) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 2007. The genus is native to eastern Africa and south-western Asia, and found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, West Himalaya and Yemen.
Acanthoprasium
Acanthoprasium is a genus in the family Lamiaceae which is found in Cyprus, Italy, France. It contains the species Acanthoprasium frutescens (L.) Spenn., Acanthoprasium integrifolium (Benth.) Ryding.
Tetraclea
Tetraclea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Gymneia
Gymneia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Condea
Condea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.
Physominthe
Physominthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Leptohyptis
Leptohyptis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Martianthus
Martianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.
Mesosphaerum
Mesosphaerum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics. Two species, Mesosphaerum pectinatum and Mesosphaerum suaveolens, have been introduced to the Old World, with M.suaveolens found in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Muniria
Muniria is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia. Plants in this genus are woolly shrubs with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens of unequal lengths. These species are similar to those in the genus Pityrodia except that the branches are distinctly 4-angled in cross section and the fruit has calluses or ridges.
Medusantha
Medusantha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lamiaceae.