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In most species of the order, the stamen filaments are united with the petals (epipetaly), the degree of union ranging from slight to considerably more than half the length of the stamen. The stamens are alternate with the lobes of the corolla; that is, they are attached between the petals.
The order Lamiales has a variety of species with anthropogenic uses, the most popular belonging to the Lamiaceae and Acanthaceae families. Many of these species in the order Lamiales produce medicinal properties from alkaloids and saponins to help a variety of infections and diseases.
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Lamiales is an ordering of flowering plants with most members found worldwide. The species of the Lamiales usually have opposite leaves, bilaterally symmetrical and often bilabiate corolla, five petals fused into a tube, four or fewer fertile stamens, and a superior ovary with fused carpels.
Introduction to Order – Lamiales: According to Hutchinson this is the eighty-second order of the phylum Angiospermae, subphylum Dicotyledones and division Herbaceae.
Lamiaceae, the mint family of flowering plants, with 236 genera and more than 7,000 species, the largest family of the order Lamiales. Lamiaceae is distributed nearly worldwide, and many species are cultivated for their fragrant leaves and attractive flowers.
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Chemically, typical constituents of the order are 6- and/or 8- hydroxylated flavone glycosides (Grayer et al. 1999), verbascosides and cornoside as charac- teristic caffeic acid derivatives (Mølgaard and Ravn 1988; Jensen 1992), shikimate-derived anthraquinones (Jensen 1992), C11-decarboxy- lated iridoids (Jensen 1991,1992),and stachyose or other...
Nov 11, 2017 · Lamiaceae, or Labiatae, also known as the mint or dead nettle family, in the order of Lamiales, is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants, with worldwide distribution, mostly in the Mediterranean regions and Southwest Asia.
