File:Hyssopus_officinalis.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
Hyssopus is a taxon at the genus rank within the family Lamiaceae. It is also recognized as a synonym of Dracocephalum. The genus has the common name hyssopus and produces a fruit type known as a schizocarp.
Records for Hyssopus have been documented in the United States, Venezuela, Georgia, Mexico, and Canada. Specimens are held by institutions including DBG, NMSU, EMEC, TAMU, and MO. The taxon has been described in sources such as the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, and the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Hyssopus es un género con 10-12 especies de plantas herbáceas o semiarbustos dentro de la familia Lamiaceae, nativo de la región del este del Mediterráneo y Asia central. Son plantas aromáticas con tallos erectos ramificados que alcanza los 60 cm de longitud y están cubiertos con pelusa. Las hojas son estrechas y oblongas de 2-5 cm de longitud. Tiene pequeñas flores azules que se producen en la parte superior de las ramas durante el verano. Se suelen emplear en medicina y perfumería. La especie más conocida es la Hyssopus officinalis que es ampliamente cultivada en la región del Mediterráneo.
via · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 400
- With media
- 1,712
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- DBG, NMSU, EMEC, TAMU, MO, WILLI
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela, Georgia, Mexico, Canada, Morocco, Costa Rica
Research
158 papersvia PubMed
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1885 illustration of H. officinalis
Hyssopus (hyssop) is a genus of herbaceous or semi-woody plants in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native from the east Mediterranean to central Asia as far east as Mongolia. They are aromatic, with erect branched stems up to 60 cm (24 in) long covered with fine hairs at the tips. The leaves are narrow oblong, 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in) long. The small blue flowers are borne on the upper part of the branches during summer. By far the best-known species is the herb hyssop (H. officinalis), widely cultivated outside its native area in the Mediterranean.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyssopus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.