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''Hyssopus'' (Hyssop) is a genus of herbaceous or semi-woody plants in the family Lamiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to central Asia as far east as Mongolia.〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spotlight on Hyssop )〕 They are aromatic, with erect branched stems up to 60 cm long covered with fine hairs at the tips. The leaves are narrow oblong, 2–5 cm long. The small blue flowers are borne on the upper part of the branches during summer. By far the best-known species is the Herb Hyssop (''H. officinalis''), widely cultivated outside its native area in the Mediterranean. Note that anise hyssop, ''Agastache foeniculum'' (also called blue giant hyssop), is a very different plant and not a close relation, although both are in the mint family. Anise hyssop is native to much of north-central and northern North America. ;Species〔 # ''Hyssopus ambiguus'' (Trautv.) Iljin ex Prochorov. & Lebel - Altai Republic of Russia, Kazakhstan # ''Hyssopus cuspidatus'' Boriss. - Altai Republic, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia # ''Hyssopus latilabiatus'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Xinjiang # ''Hyssopus macranthus'' Boriss. - Altai Republic of Russia, Western Siberia, Kazakhstan # ''Hyssopus officinalis'' L. - central + southern Europe, Algeria, Morocco, east to Iran # ''Hyssopus seravschanicus'' (Dub.) Pazij - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan ==History== The name ''hyssop'' can be traced back almost unchanged through the Greek ύσσωπος (''hyssopos'').〔 The name hyssop appears in some translations of the Bible, but researchers have suggested that the Biblical accounts refer not to the plant currently known as hyssop but rather to one of a number of different herbs.〔http://www.springerlink.com/content/p0w7764861k92720/〕〔http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/hyssop_harrison.pdf〕 The Septuagint translates the name as ὕσσωπος ''hyssop'', and English translations of the Bible often follow this rendering. The Hebrew word אזוב (''esov'' or ''esob'') and the Greek word ὕσσωπος probably share a common (unknown) origin.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd Edition, 1989, ''s.v.'' hyssop〕 The biblical plant is discussed further at ezov. 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「Hyssopus (plant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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