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Dracocephalum
Sign in to saveDracocephalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to 15 to 90 centimeters tall. The genus has 89 species as currently circumscribed, which includes the formerly separate genera Hyssopus, Lallemantia, and others. Older circumscriptions include 60 to 70 species.
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Dracocephalum is a genus of plants within the family Lamiaceae. It belongs to the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The genus is classified under the subfamily Nepetinae and produces schizocarp fruits. Common names for the group include dragonhead, Dragon's Head, Tondipea, and Ampiaisyrtit. Taxonomic synonyms for the genus are Hyssopus and Lallemantia.
The native range of Dracocephalum includes Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, the Baltic States, Belarus, and British Columbia. The genus has also been introduced to Belgium, the Canary Islands, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, and Virginia. While one source lists China as the taxon range, occurrence records indicate presence in China, the United States, Russia, Tajikistan, and Canada. The genus is described as having three subgenera.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Die Drachenköpfe (Dracocephalum) sind eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Lippenblütler (Lamiaceae). Die etwa 70 Arten kommen hauptsächlich in Asien vor.
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- China, United States, Russia, Tajikistan, Canada, India, Netherlands
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Dracocephalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These flowers, collectively called dragonhead, are annual or perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs, growing to 15 to 90 centimeters tall. The genus has 89 species as currently circumscribed, which includes the formerly separate genera Hyssopus, Lallemantia, and others. Older circumscriptions include 60 to 70 species.
==Species== Plants of the World Online accepts 89 species. Dracocephalum adylovii Dracocephalum aitchisonii Rech.f. Dracocephalum argunense Fisch. ex Link Dracocephalum aucheri Boiss. Dracocephalum austriacum L. Dracocephalum baldshuanicum Dracocephalum bipinnatum Rupr. Dracocephalum botryoides Steven Dracocephalum breviflorum Turrill Dracocephalum bullatum Forrest ex Diels Dracocephalum butkovii Krassovsk. Dracocephalum calophyllum Hand.-Mazz. Dracocephalum canescens Dracocephalum charkeviczii Prob. Dracocephalum cuspidatum Dracocephalum discolor Bunge Dracocephalum diversifolium Rupr. Dracocephalum ferganicum Lazkov Dracocephalum foetidum Bunge Dracocephalum formosum Gontsch. Dracocephalum forrestii W.W.Sm. Dracocephalum fragile Turcz. ex Benth. Dracocephalum fruticulosum Steph. ex Willd. Dracocephalum ghahremanii Dracocephalum grandiflorum L. Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth. Dracocephalum hoboksarensis G.J.Liu Dracocephalum ibericum Dracocephalum imberbe Bunge Dracocephalum imbricatum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang Dracocephalum integrifolium Bunge Dracocephalum isabellae Forrest ex W.W.Sm. Dracocephalum jacutense Peschkova Dracocephalum junatovii A.L.Budantsev Dracocephalum kafiristanicum Bornm. Dracocephalum komarovii Lipsky Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. Dracocephalum krylovii Lipsky Dracocephalum latilabiatum Dracocephalum lindbergii Rech.f. Dracocephalum longipedicellatum Muschl. Dracocephalum macranthum Dracocephalum microflorum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang Dracocephalum microphyton Dracocephalum moldavica L. (type) Dracocephalum multicaule Montbret & Aucher ex Benth. Dracocephalum multicolor Kom. Dracocephalum nodulosum Rupr. Dracocephalum nuratavicum Adylov Dracocephalum nuristanicum Rech.f. & Edelb. Dracocephalum nutans L. Dracocephalum oblongifolium Regel Dracocephalum officinalis – hyssop Dracocephalum olchonense Peschkova Dracocephalum origanoides Steph. ex Willd. Dracocephalum palmatoides C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang Dracocephalum palmatum Steph. ex Willd. Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt. Dracocephalum paulsenii Briq. Dracocephalum peltatum Dracocephalum peregrinum L. Dracocephalum pinnatum L. Dracocephalum polychaetum Bornm. Dracocephalum popovii T.V.Egorova & Sipliv. Dracocephalum propinquum W.W.Sm. Dracocephalum psammophilum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang Dracocephalum purdomii W.W.Sm. Dracocephalum renati Emb. Dracocephalum rigidulum Hand.-Mazz. Dracocephalum royleanum Dracocephalum rupestre Hance Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. Dracocephalum sajanense Dracocephalum schischkinii Strizhova Dracocephalum scrobiculatum Regel Dracocephalum seravschanicum Dracocephalum spinulosum Popov Dracocephalum stamineum Kar. & Kir. Dracocephalum stellerianum Hiltebr. Dracocephalum subcapitatum (Kuntze) Lipsky Dracocephalum subulifolium Dracocephalum surmandinum Rech.f. Dracocephalum taliense Forrest ex W.W.Sm. Dracocephalum tanguticum Maxim. Dracocephalum thymiflorum L. Dracocephalum truncatum Y.Z.Sun ex C.Y.Wu Dracocephalum velutinum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy Dracocephalum wendelboi Hedge
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