Bugle (plant)

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Ajuga
Common Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Common Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Teucrioideae
Tribe: Ajugoideae
Genus: Ajuga
L.(1753)
Type species
Ajuga reptans L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Abiga Saint-Lager
Bugula P. Miller
Bugula O. Kuntze
Chamaepitys Hill
Source: ING,[1] GRIN[2]

Ajuga (Á-ju-ga) or Carpet bugle is a genus of about 40-50 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, with most species native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but also two species in southeastern Australia. They grow to 5-50 cm tall, with opposite leaves.

Selected species
  • Ajuga australis - Australian Bugle
  • Ajuga decumbens - Kiransou
  • Ajuga bombycina
  • Ajuga bracteosa
  • Ajuga campylantha
  • Ajuga campylanthoides
  • Ajuga chamaepitys - Yellow Bugle
  • Ajuga chasmophila
  • Ajuga chia
  • Ajuga ciliata
  • Ajuga decaryana
  • Ajuga decumbens
  • Ajuga dictyocarpa
  • Ajuga flaccida
  • Ajuga forrestii
  • Ajuga genevensis - Blue Bugle, Geneva Bugleweed
  • Ajuga glabra
  • Ajuga iva
  • Ajuga japonica
  • Ajuga laxmannii
  • Ajuga linearifolia
  • Ajuga lobata
  • Ajuga lupulina
  • Ajuga macrosperma
  • Ajuga makinoi
  • Ajuga mollis
  • Ajuga multiflora
  • Ajuga nipponensis
  • Ajuga nubigena
  • Ajuga oblongata
  • Ajuga oocephala
  • Ajuga ophrydris
  • Ajuga orientalis
  • Ajuga ovalifolia
  • Ajuga pantantha
  • Ajuga piskoi
  • Ajuga postii
  • Ajuga pygmaea
  • Ajuga pyramidalis - Pyramidal Bugle
  • Ajuga relicta
  • Ajuga remota
  • Ajuga reptans - Common Bugle
  • Ajuga robusta
  • Ajuga salicifolia
  • Ajuga sciaphila
  • Ajuga shikotanensis
  • Ajuga taiwanensis
  • Ajuga tenorii - Bugleweed
  • Ajuga vestita
  • Ajuga xylorrhiza
  • Ajuga yesoensis

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ajuga (HTML). Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1996-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
  2. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-10). Genus: Ajuga L. (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.