Amethystea Explained

Amethystea is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It has only one known species, Amethystea caerulea, commonly known as blue amethystea.^[1] It is native to China, Japan, Korea, Central Asia (Tibet, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan), and parts of Russia (Altai, Chita, Irkutsk, Buryatiya, Primorye).^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants . . 2015 . 978-89-97450-98-5 . Pocheon . 350 . 25 January 2016 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf . 25 May 2017 .
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=7965 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Muldashev, A.A. (2011). New floristic records for Bashkiria. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 96: 654-660.
4. Sheremetova, S.A., Ebel, A.L. & Buko, T.E. (2011). Supplement to the flora of Kemerovo region since 2001 till 2010. Turczaninowia 14(1): 65-74.
5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019498 Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 55, 水棘针 shui ji zhen, Amethystea caerulea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 21. 1753.