Lallemantia
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Lallemantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae
. It is named after the German botanist Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant
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L. iberica is a historic crop of southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe. Its seeds produce an edible oil and its leaves can be used as a potherb.
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
. It is named after the German botanist Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant
Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant
Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant was a German botanist who was a native of Lübeck.From 1838 to 1855 he performed his scientific work in St. Petersburg. Botanists Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer named the plant genus Lallemantia from the family Lamiaceae in his honor...
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L. iberica is a historic crop of southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe. Its seeds produce an edible oil and its leaves can be used as a potherb.