Galeopsis Hill 1756 not L. 1753 nor Adans. 1763 nor Moench 1794
Galeopsis Moench 1794 not L. 1753 nor Adans. 1763 nor Moench 1794 nor Hill 1756
Zietenia Gled.
Trixago Haller
Bonamya Neck.
Eriostomum Hoffmanns. & Link
Tetrahitum Hoffmanns. & Link
Eriostemum Steud
Olisia Spach
Ortostachys Fourr.
Trixella Fourr.
Aspasia E.Mey. ex Pfeiff.
Stachyus St.-Lag.
Lamiostachys Krestovsk.
Menitskia (Krestovsk.) Krestovsk.
Stachys is a genus of plants, one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae.[3] Estimates of the number of species vary from about 300,[3] to about 450.[4]Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae[3] and its type speciesisStachys sylvatica.[5] The precise extent of the genus and its relationship to other genera in the subfamily are poorly known.
Stachys was namedbyLinnaeusinSpecies Plantarum in 1753.[7] The nameisderived from the Greek word σταχυς (stachys), meaning "an ear of grain",[8] and refers to the fact that the inflorescence is often a spike. The name woundwort derives from the past use of certain species in herbal medicine for the treatment of wounds.
Stachys is a genusofshrubs and annualorperennialherbs. The stems vary from 50–300 cm (20–120 in) tall, with simple, opposite, triangularleaves, 1–14 cm (0.4–5.5 in) long with serrate margins. In most species, the leaves are softly hairy. The flowers are 1 to 2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 in) long, clustered in the axils of the leaves on the upper part of the stem. The corolla is 5-lobed with the top lobe forming a 'hood', varying from white to pink, purple, red or pale yellow.
The distinction between Stachys and other genera is unclear and has varied from one author to another. In 2002, a molecular phylogeneticstudy showed that Stachys officinalis is not closely related to the rest of the genus.[10] This study also found six other genera to be embedded within Stachys as it is currently circumscribed. The embedded genera are Prasium, Phlomidoschema, Sideritis, Haplostachys, Phyllostegia, and Stenogyne.
^"Genus: Stachys L."Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-11-03. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ abcHarley, R. M., et al. 2004. "Labiatae". pages 167–275. In: Kubitzki, K. (editor) and J. W. Kadereit (volume editor). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN978-3-540-40593-1
^ abMabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK.
^Stachys In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stachys". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^Carolus Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 2:580. Laurentii Salvii. (see External Links below).
^Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume I, page 91. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN978-0-8493-2673-8 (set). (see External links below).
^The Pliocene flora of Kholmech, south-eastern Belarus and its correlation with other Pliocene floras of Europe by Felix Yu. Velichkevich and Ewa Zastawniak - Acta Palaeobot. 43(2): 137–259, 2003
^"Stachys L."Plants Of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
