Gratiola is a genus of plants in the family Plantaginaceae. Most species are known generally as hedgehyssops. It includes 29 species native to temperate North America and Eurasia, and to Morocco, South America, Australia, and New Zealand.[1] The genus was previously included in the family Scrophulariaceae.

Gratiola
Gratiola officinalis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Gratioleae
Genus: Gratiola
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Species[1]

29, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Amphianthus Torr. (1837)
  • Derlinia Néraud (1826)
  • Gonatia Nutt. ex DC. (1846)
  • Nibora Raf. (1817)
  • Sophronanthe Benth. (1836)
  • Tragiola Small & Pennell (1933)

Species

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29 species are accepted.[1]

Fossil record

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Four fossil seeds of †Gratiola tertiaria have been extracted from borehole samples of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Gratiola L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ Łańcucka-Środoniowa M.: Macroscopic plant remains from the freshwater Miocene of the Nowy Sącz Basin (West Carpathians, Poland) [Szczątki makroskopowe roślin z miocenu słodkowodnego Kotliny Sądeckiej (Karpaty Zachodnie, Polska)]. Acta Palaeobotanica 1979 20 (1): 3-117.
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