Premna
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Premna is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

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Mentha
Mentha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae . The species are not clearly distinct and estimates of the number of species varies from 13 to 18. Hybridization between some of the species occurs naturally...

 family, Lamiaceae
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...

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Species include:
  • Premna grandifolia
    Premna grandifolia
    Premna grandifolia is a small shrub in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to Ivory Coast. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Assi, A. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , A.D.J. Meeuse
  • Premna hans-joachimii
    Premna hans-joachimii
    Premna hans-joachimii is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Verdc.
    Bernard Verdcourt
    Bernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years...

  • Premna maxima
    Premna maxima
    Premna maxima is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to Kenya.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , T.C.E. Fr.
  • Premna protrusa
    Premna protrusa
    Premna protrusa is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to Fiji.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , A.C.Sm.
    Albert Charles Smith
    Albert Charles Smith was an American botanist.-Life:He was a director of the National Museum of Natural History, and chaired several important scientific societies, such as the American Society of Plant Taxonomists....

     & S.Darwin
  • Premna schliebenii
    Premna schliebenii
    Premna schliebenii is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is found in Mozambique and Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Werderm.
    Erich Werdermann
    Erich Werdermann was a German botanist.Born in Berlin, Erich Werdermann was the son of the landowner Carl Werdermann. He first studied in Jena, but then switched to Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin...

  • Premna serratifolia
    Premna serratifolia
    Premna serratifolia is a small shrub in the Lamiaceae family....

    , L.
  • Premna szemaoensis
    Premna szemaoensis
    Premna szemaoensis is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to China. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Sun, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Pei
  • Premna taitensis
    Premna taitensis
    Premna taitensis is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia.-References:* Florence, J. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , J. Schauer
  • Premna tanganyikensis
    Premna tanganyikensis
    Premna tanganyikensis is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is found in Mozambique and Tanzania.-Source:* Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    , Mold
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