Sideritis

Sideritis
Sideritis syriaca (ironwort)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Sideritis
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Sideritis, also known as ironwort,[1] mountain tea, Greek tea and shepherd's tea, is a genus of flowering plants known for their use as herbal medicine, commonly as a herbal tea. They are abundant in Mediterranean regions, the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia, but can also be found in Central Europe and temperate Asia.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Sideritis​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Sideritis (Genus)". Zipcodezoo.com. 2013-10-04. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  3. ^ "Τσάϊτουβουνού: ανασκόπησητηςδιεθνούςβιβλιογραφίαςτουγένουςSideritis" (PDF). www.iama.gr. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ^ Barber, Janet C. (2000). "Evolution of Endemic Sideritis (Lamiaceae) in Macaronesia: Insights from a Chloroplast DNA Restriction Site Analysis". Systematic Botany. 25 (4): 633–647. doi:10.2307/2666725. JSTOR 2666725. S2CID 86223380.
  5. ^ "Greek Mountain Tea - Tsai tou Vounou - Shepherd's Tea". Greekfood.about.com. 2013-11-13. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-11-30.

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