Pedigree: Family Lamiaceae (Mints)

The PEDIGREE of

Family Lamiaceae (Mints)

aka Labiatae; (Lamiaceae is the 6th-largest family of plants; Scutellarioideae & Lamioideae clade together)

"Child(ren)": Subfamily Nepetoideae ; Lamioideae (patchouli : deadnettle : woundwort : ironwort : horehound : Jerusalem Sage : Bells of Ireland : etc.) ; Scutellarioideae (scullcaps : Chinese hat plant) ; Symphorematoideae (Congea : Symphorema) ; Vitex ; Viticoideae ((ex Vitex) :: white beech : premna) ; Ajugoideae (germanders : bugles : pagoda flower : etc. :: 27 genera) ; Prostantheroideae (mintbush : westringia : chloanthes) ; Tectona (teak) ; Callicarpa (beautyberry) ; Plectranthus (Mexican mint ('huu seua') etc.) ; etc. ; 236 genera (7200 species) altogether

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														/	-- Subkingdom of Streptophyta +	====> [ 63]
													/	-- Branch of Stomatophytes
												/	-- Clade of Stomatophytes and Hornworts
											/	-- Interkingdom Polysporangiophytes
										/	-- Infrakingdom of Tracheophytes (Vascular Plants)
									/	-- Subphylum Euphyllophytina (Ferns & Seed Plants)
								/	-- Superdivision of Spermatophytes (Seed Plants)
							/	-- Division of Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
						/	-- Subdivision of Mesangiospermae
						/		/ OR: prob. not Class Magnoliopsida +								====> [ 72]
					/	-- Cohort of Eudicots
				/	-- Infracohort Pentapetalae
			/	-- Clade of Superasterids
		/	-- Subclass Asteridae
	/	-- Clade of Lamiids
/	-- Order Lamiales
/
- Family Lamiaceae (Mints)

``2-Great Grandchildren:'' Sweet basil ; Genus Mentha (Mint)

``4-Great Grandchild:'' Peppermint