Moluccella

Moluccella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Lamioideae
Genus:	Moluccella; L.
Synonyms
	Molucca Mill.; Chasmonia C.Presl; Chartocalyx Regel, illegitimate name; Harmsiella Briq.; Sulaimania Hedge & Rech.f.;

Moluccella is a genus of annual and short-lived perennial plants native to Central + southwestern Asia and the Mediterranean. They are tall, upright, branched plants to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) or more with toothed leaves and small white fragrant flowers.

Species

Moluccella aucheri (Boiss.) Scheen - Iran, Pakistan
Moluccella bucharica (B.Fedtsch.) Ryding - Tajikistan
Moluccella fedtschenkoana (Kudr.) Ryding - Tajikistan
Moluccella laevis L. - Bells of Ireland - Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq, Caucasus, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, Africa, and North America
Moluccella olgae (Regel) Ryding - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
Moluccella otostegioides Prain - Pakistan
Moluccella sogdiana (Kudr.) Ryding - Tajikistan
Moluccella spinosa L. - Mediterranean from Spain + Algeria to Turkey + Palestine

Cultivation

Marginally frost hardy, these plants prefer full sun and moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Propagation is from seed.

References

1 2 3 "Moluccella L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
↑ Castroviejo, S.; et al., eds. (2010). Flora Iberica 12. Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC.
↑ Dobignard, A.; Chatelain, C. (2012). "Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord". Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève (in French). 4: 1–431.

[k-1] 1 2 3 "Moluccella L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[2] Castroviejo, S.; et al., eds. (2010). Flora Iberica 12. Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC.

[3] Dobignard, A.; Chatelain, C. (2012). "Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord". Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève (in French). 4: 1–431.