Lallemantia

Lallemantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is named after the German botanist Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant.

Lallemantia
Lallemantia canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Genus:	Lallemantia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Synonyms[1]
Zornia Moench. 1794 not J.F.Gmel. 1792

There are five species in the genus. They are native to central and southwestern Asia.^[1][2] They are annual or biennial herbs. They have been used for various purposes. Lallemantia iberica is cultivated as an oilseed crop.^[3]

Species^[1]

1. Lallemantia baldshuanica Gontsch. - Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
2. Lallemantia canescens (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
3. Lallemantia iberica (M.Bieb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel
4. Lallemantia peltata (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. - Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Caucasus; Oregon and Wyoming USA (introduced)^[4]
5. Lallemantia royleana (Benth.) Benth. - Western Siberia, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 133 扁柄草属 bian bing cao shu Lallemantia Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 6: 52. 1840.
3. Dınç, M., et al. (2009). Micromorphological studies of Lallemantia L.(Lamiaceae) species growing in Turkey. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Botanica. 51(1), 45-54.
4. "Lallemantia peltata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2019.