Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Labiatae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acinos Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754)
 Description

Annual or perennial herbs with procumbent or erect stems. Lvs simple, toothed or entire. Infls axillary and terminal. Verticels with up to c. 8 fls; bracts similar to lvs. Calyx tubular, 13-nerved; tube usually curved; base gibbous with tuft of white hairs at throat; limb 2-lipped; lower lip with longer teeth. Corolla 2-lipped; tube straight, glabrous within. Stamens < corolla, curved. Style gynobasic, its branches unequal, upper subulate, lower longer and wider. Nutlets obovoid to oblong.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Acinos Mill.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Miller, P. 1754: The Gardeners Dictionary, abridged. Vol. 1. Edition 4. London.