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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Monarda

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Lamiaceae

Four species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Monarda didyma (Oswego tea, Bergamot)

Native to eastern USA.

 

Monarda fistulosa

Native to eastern USA.

 

Monarda pectinata

Native to Mexico.

 

Monarda punctata

Native to USA.