Systematic position Bentham and Hooker placed it in the sub-class Gamopetalae, the series Bicarpellate and Cohort Gentianales. According to Engler, it belongs to the sub-class Metachlamydeae, the sub-order Tubiflorae, the sub-order Verbenineae. Hutchinson places it under the order Lamiales belonging to the phylum Herbaceae. Distribution The family contains about 200 …
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