Re: New Plectranthus group
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: New Plectranthus group
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:47:20 -0400 (EDT)
At 09:03 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I don't know how those other "lists" are doing
>(Salvia, Coleus) but it seems to me that what we need
>is a "Labiates/Lamiaceae" list/group. We can include
>Salvia and Coleus (now Solenostemon and Plectranthus
>anyway) as well as the other fun labiates (e.g.,
>Agastache, Ballota, Lavandula, Monarda, Nepeta,
>Origanum, Phlomis, Prostanthera, Scuttelaria, Stachys,
>Teucrium, and so much more).
>
>Or would this make it too broad fo anyone's interest?
>
>Joe Seals
Joe:
I think possibly the latter. There is already a Lamiaceae group, and as
larger interests arise from major genera, I suspect groups will form, at
least experimentally.
There are a lot of monotypic mints like Perrierastrum oreophyllum that will
be better off on a Lamiaceae group (although Perrierastrum is closely
related to Plectranthus). Even Agastache, though popular, has a limited
number of species and would probably be better off in a Lamiaceae group.
Richard F. Dufresne
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