Order

Lamiales (Mints, plantains, olives, and allies)

Penstemon anguineus. Photo: (c) Morgan Stickrod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Lamiales are an order in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It includes about 23,810 species, 1,059 genera, and is divided into about 24 families. Well-known or economically important members of this order include lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, the ash tree, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, and a number of table herbs such as mint, basil, and rosemary.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Lamiales (Mints, plantains, olives, and allies)
        Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family) (34)
        Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family) (34)
        Family: Phrymaceae (Lopseed family) (18)
        Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family) (22)
        Family: Oleaceae (Olive family) (2)
        Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family) (2)
        Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) (1)
        Family: Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort family) (1)

Subtaxa

Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)

Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)

Family: Phrymaceae (Lopseed family)

Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)

Family: Oleaceae (Olive family)

Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family)

Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Family: Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort family)

Where in Humboldt

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