Ballota

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Lamiales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Marrubieae
Genus:
Species:
B. grisea –
B. nigra –
B. philistaea –
B. platyloma
Species proposed to be placed into Pseudodictamnus (Siadati et al., 2018), but without combination in this genus:
B. adenophora –
B. andreuzziana –
B. antalyensis –
B. antilibanotica –
B. byblensis –
B. cristata –
B. glandulosissima –
B. kaiseri –
B. larendana –
B. luteola –
B. macrodonta –
B. saxatilis –
B. sechmenii –
B. vellerea
Species placed into Pseudodictamnus (Siadati et al., 2018):
B. acetabulosa –
B. africana –
B. aucheri –
B. bullata –
B. damascena –
B. hirsuta –
B. hispanica –
B. inaequidens –
B. latibracteolata –
B. macedonica –
B. pseudodictamnus –
B. rotundifolia –
B. undulata
| Source(s) of checklist: |
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| Checklist based critically on accepted species according to Govaerts et al. (2015) and Tropicos (2015). Recent changes: Siadati et al., 2018 |
Name
Ballota L., Sp. Pl. 2: 582 (1753); Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 253 (1754).
- Lectotype species: Ballota nigra L., Sp. Pl. 2: 582 (1753), designated by N.L. Britton & A.Brown 1913: 122, supported by M.L.Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 165 (Aug 1929).
Distribution
| Native distribution areas: |
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[reduced to the four remaining species]
References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 582. Reference page.
- Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 253. Reference page.
Additional references
- Siadati, S., Salmaki, Y., Mehrvarz, S.S., Heubl, G. & Weigend, M. 2018. Untangling the generic boundaries in tribe Marrubieae (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) using nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Taxon 67(4): 770–783. DOI: 10.12705/674.6 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 3: 122. Reference page.
- Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Links
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Ballota in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 28. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2025. Ballota. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jul 2025. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Ballota. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jul 2025. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ballota. Accessed: 28 Jul 2025.
- Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Ballota in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Apr. 30. Reference page.
Vernacular names
- العربية: دانة
- azərbaycanca: Ballota
- беларуская: Белакудранік
- català: Ballota
- čeština: balota
- Deutsch: Schwarznesseln
- English: Horehound
- Esperanto: Baloteo
- فارسی: فراسیونآسا
- suomi: Porrot
- עברית: גלונית
- hornjoserbsce: Měrnica
- polski: Mierznica
- русский: Белокудренник
- slovenčina: balota