Book ID: 96354
Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N.
A Revision of the Genus Minthostachys (Labiatae). 2008. (Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Vol. 98). illus. 74 p. gr8vo.
Minthostachys (Benth.)Spach (Labiatae) is a genus of aromatic, scandentshrubs distributed along the Andes from Venezuela to Argentina. Membersof the genus are of considerable interest as medicinal plants and a source of etheral oils, and are used by the local population much like plants of the superficially similar genus Mentha L. in Europe.