Orthosiphon

Orthosiphon
Orthosiphon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
The Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Dicotyledonous
Order :	Asteranae
Order:	Luciferous
Family:	Lacock
Subfamily :	Kotovnikovye
Tribe :	Basil
Gender:	Orthosiphon
International scientific name
	Orthosiphon Benth.
Kinds
	See text

Orthosiphon ( lat. Orthosiphon ) - a genus of plants of the family Iasnatkovye , growing in Southeast Asia and Australia .

Content

1 Biological Description
2 Types
3 Application
4 notes
5 Links

Biological Description

Species of the genus are perennial herbaceous shrubs up to 1.5 m high. The leaves are lanceolate or oblong-oval, serrated at the edges. Flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences. The fruit is a nut .

Views

According to the database of The Plant List , the genus includes 40 species ^[2] :

Orthosiphon adenocaulis AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon allenii ( CHWright ) Codd
Orthosiphon argenteus AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon aristatus ( Blume ) Miq.
Orthosiphon biflorus AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon bullosus Chiov.
Orthosiphon cladotrichos Gürke
Orthosiphon cuanzae ( IMJohnst. ) AJPaton
Orthosiphon discolor AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon ellipticus AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon exilis AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon ferrugineus Balf.f.
Orthosiphon fruticosus codd
Orthosiphon glandulosus cefisch.
Orthosiphon Hanningtonii ( Baker ) AJPaton
Orthosiphon humbertii danguy
Orthosiphon incurvus Benth.
Orthosiphon lanatus Doan ex Suddee & AJPaton
Orthosiphon miserabilis AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon newtonii Briq.
Orthosiphon nigripunctatus G. Taylor
Orthosiphon pallidus Royle ex Benth.
Orthosiphon parishii Prain
Orthosiphon parvifolius vatke
Orthosiphon pseudoaristatus suddee
Orthosiphon robustus Hook.f.
Orthosiphon rotundifolius Doan ex Suddee & AJPaton
Orthosiphon ruber AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon rubicundus ( D. Don ) Benth.
Orthosiphon sarmentosus AJPaton & Hedge
Orthosiphon scapiger Benth.
Orthosiphon scedastophyllus AJPaton
Orthosiphon schimperi Benth.
Orthosiphon schliebenii AJPaton
Orthosiphon thymiflorus ( Roth ) Sleesen
Orthosiphon truncatus Doan ex Suddee & AJPaton
Orthosiphon vernalis codd
Orthosiphon violaceus Briq.
Orthosiphon wattii train
Orthosiphon wulfenioides ( Diels ) Hand.-Mazz.

According to The Plant List database, the type of kidney tea ( Orthosiphon stamineus ) is recognized as a synonym for the species Orthosiphon aristatus ( Blume ) Miq.

Application

Ortosiphon stamen (kidney tea) is used as a diuretic in the treatment of renal diseases, chronic heart failure.

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
↑ Orthosiphon . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). Date of treatment August 20, 2016.

Links

[1] For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .

[TPL-2] Orthosiphon . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). Date of treatment August 20, 2016.