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''Clinopodium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is in the tribe Mentheae of the subfamily Nepetoideae, but little else can be said with certainty about its phylogenetic position. The genus name ''Clinopodium'' is derived from the Latin ''clinopodion'' or the Greek ''klinopodion''. These were names for ''Clinopodium vulgare''. The Greek ''klino'' means "a bed" and the Greek ''podion'' means "a little foot". 〔 Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume I, page 91. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2673-8 (set). 〕 ''Clinopodium'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Coleophora albitarsella''. Various ''Clinopodium'' species are used as medicinal herbs. For example ''C. laevigatum'' is used in Mexico as a tea under the name "Poleo" or "yerba de Borracho" to cure hangovers, stomach aches, and liver disease. ==Taxonomy== ''Clinopodium'' has been defined very differently by different authors. Some have restricted it to as few as 13 species, all closely related to the type species, ''Clinopodium vulgare''. In the latest revision of Lamiaceae, ''Clinopodium'' encompassed about 100 species, including those otherwise placed in the genera ''Acinos'', ''Calamintha'', and ''Xenopoma''. 〔 Raymond M. Harley, Sandy Atkins, Andrey L. Budantsev, Philip D. Cantino, Barry J. Conn, Renée J. Grayer, Madeline M. Harley, Rogier P.J. de Kok, Tatyana V. Krestovskaja, Ramón Morales, Alan J. Paton, and P. Olof Ryding. 2004. "Labiatae" pages 167-275. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1 〕 This circumscription, called ''Clinopodium'' sensu lato, was shown to be polyphyletic in 2004. 〔 Jennifer L. Trusty, Richard G. Olmstead, David J. Bogler, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Javier Francisco-Ortega. 2004. "Using Molecular Data to Test a Biogeographic Connection of the Macaronesian Genus ''Bystropogon'' (Lamiaceae) to the New World: A Case of Conflicting Phylogenies". ''Systematic Botany'' 29(3):702-715. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clinopodium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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