Collinsonia
Genus of flowering plants
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Collinsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to East Asia and eastern North America.[1][2][3][4] It was named for the English botanist Peter Collinson (1694–1768) by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753.[5] It is in the tribe Elsholtzieae, a small tribe of only 5 genera.[6] In order of their number of species, they are Elsholtzia, Mosla, Collinsonia, Perilla, and Perillula.
| Collinsonia | |
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| Collinsonia canadensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Elsholtzieae |
| Genus: | Collinsonia Linnaeus |
| Type species | |
| Collinsonia canadensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The circumscription of species in Collinsonia has been a source of confusion, and many names have been published.[7] Some authors have recognized as many as 10 species. In 2006, the genus was revised with only four species recognized.[8] The following list of species follows the World Checklist from Kew Gardens in London.
- Collinsonia anisata Sims - Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia
- Collinsonia australis (C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li) Harley - Fujian, Guangdong
- Collinsonia canadensis L. - Quebec, Ontario, eastern United States
- Collinsonia elsholtzioides (Merr.) Harley - Anhui, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
- Collinsonia glandulosa (C.Y.Wu) Harley - Fujian
- Collinsonia japonica (Miq.) Harley - Japan
- Collinsonia macrobracteata (Masam.) Harley - Taiwan
- Collinsonia punctata Elliott - southeastern United States from Louisiana to North Carolina
- Collinsonia sinensis (Diels) Harley - Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang
- Collinsonia szechuanensis (C.Y.Wu) Harley - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Collinsonia verticillata Baldwin ex Elliott - eastern United States from Ohio and Virginia south to Alabama
