Ziziphora Explained

Ziziphora are a genus of annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. Ziziphora has aromatic leaves; they are found in open and often xeric habitats in Southern and Eastern Europe, North-West Africa and Asia to the Himalayas and Altai Mountains.^[1]

Distribution

• Southwestern Europe
• Southeastern Europe
• Eastern Europe
• Northern Africa
• Macaronesia
• Siberia
• Middle Asia
• Caucasus
• Western Asia
• Arabian Peninsula
• China
• Mongolia
• Indian Subcontinent^[1]
• Iran (north khorasan)

Species

1. Ziziphora aragonensis Pau - Spain
2. Ziziphora brantii K.Koch - Caucasus
3. Ziziphora capitata L. - Balkans, Black Sea region, Middle East, Central Asia
4. Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. - Siberia, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Central Asia, Himalayas, Southwest Asia
5. Ziziphora galinae Juz. - Turkmenistan
6. Ziziphora hispanica L. - Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
7. Ziziphora interrupta Juz. - Tajikistan
8. Ziziphora pamiroalaica Juz. - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Xinjiang
9. Ziziphora pedicellata Pazij & Vved. - Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
10. Ziziphora persica Bunge - Iran, Turkey, Caucasus, Crimea, Central Asia
11. Ziziphora puschkinii Adam - Caucasus
12. Ziziphora raddei Juz. - Caucasus
13. Ziziphora suffruticosa Pazij & Vved. - Uzbekistan
14. Ziziphora taurica M.Bieb - Crimea, Turkey, Syria
15. Ziziphora tenuior L. - Ukraine, Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Middle East
16. Ziziphora vichodceviana Tkatsch. ex Tulyag. - Kyrgyzstan
17. Ziziphora woronowii Maleev - Caucasus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ziziphora L. . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Factsheets . 2008 . 8 May 2014.