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Lavandula

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Also known as lavendels, lavender

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the sage family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World, primarily found across the drier, warmer regions of the Mediterranean, with an affinity for maritime breezes.

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Lavandula is a genus of plants within the family Lamiaceae. It belongs to the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The scientific name is Lavandula L., and it is commonly known as lavender, 薰衣草属, or sivka. The genus was described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

The native range of Lavandula includes Algeria, Baleares, Bangladesh, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, the East Aegean Islands, Egypt, and Eritrea. Specimens have also been recorded in Brasil, the United States, Morocco, France, and Spain. These records are held by institutions such as CPATSA, USCH, ECON, NY, and IRVC.

The genus has 529,483 occurrence records and 1,851 associated publications. It is referenced by 532 other encyclopedia articles and is included on the Wikipedia Vital Articles Level 4 focus list.

Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, 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

Lavandula

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAlgeria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea
Observations recorded529,483

Common Name: English lavender

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
327
With media
236
Family
Lamiaceae
Collections
CPATSA, USCH, ECON, NY, IRVC, SHTC
Recorded in
Brasil, United States, Morocco, France, Spain, Cabo Verde, Algeria, Portugal
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Research

1,851 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Single lavender flower02.jpg
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Commons category
Lavandula
taxon name
Lavandula
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Lavandula
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6567
Commons gallery
Lavandula
taxon common name
sivka
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

20 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Phytochemicals
  • Taxonomy
  • Taxonomic table
  • Etymology
  • Cultivation
  • Health risks
  • Uses
  • Lavender oil
  • Culinary
  • Culinary history
  • Buds
  • In honey
  • Herbalism
  • Other uses
  • In culture
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the sage family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World, primarily found across the drier, warmer regions of the Mediterranean, with an affinity for maritime breezes.

Lavender is found on the Iberian Peninsula and around the entirety of the Mediterranean coastline (including the Adriatic coast, the Balkans, the Levant, and coastal North Africa), in parts of Eastern and Southern Africa and the Middle East, as well as in South Asia and on the Indian subcontinent.

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