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Taxon: Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton

Genus: Perilla
Family: Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) subfamily: Nepetoideae tribe: Elsholtzieae.
Nomen number: 27364
Place of publication: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5:277. 1894
Name verified on: 17-Dec-1991 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Apr-2003
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 19 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • beefsteak-mint   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  • beefsteakplant   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  • perilla   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • hui hui su   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Perilla frutescens var. crispa]
  • ye sheng zi su   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Perilla frutescens var. purpurascens]
  • zi su   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Perilla frutescens var. frutescens]
  • périlla   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Schwarznessel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Shiso   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • egoma   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Perilla frutescens var. frutescens]
  • remon-egoma   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Perilla frutescens var. hirtella]
  • shiso   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Perilla frutescens var. crispa]
  • shiso-zoku   (Source: HerbSpices ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • torano-o-jiso   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Perilla frutescens var. hirtella]
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea; Taiwan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
    Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

      Other:
  • exact native range obscure

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa. 1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. (F Himachal)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [with two varieties].
  • Lawrence, B. M. 1992. Chemical components of Labiatae oils and their exploitation. In: Harley, R. M. & T. Reynolds, eds., Advances in labiate science. (Adv Lab Sci) 400.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Maikhuri, R. K. et al. 1991. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 86:33–36.
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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