| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Ballota L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 582. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Lamiales
 Familia - Lamiaceae Lindl.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Acanthoprasium Spenn. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Beringeria Neck., des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Pseudodictamnus Fabr. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Zapateria Pau | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota andreuzziana Pamp. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota antilibanotica Post | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota bullata Pomel | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota byblensis Semaan & R. M. Haber | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota cristata P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota damascena Boiss. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota deserti (Noë) Jury, Rejdali & A. J. K. Griffiths | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota frutescens (L.) Woods | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota glandulosissima Hub.-Mor. & Patzak | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota grisea Pojark. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota hirsuta Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota hispanica (L.) Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota inaequidens Hub.-Mor. & Patzak | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota integrifolia Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota kaiseri Täckh. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota larendana Boiss. & Heldr. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota latibracteolata P. H. Davis & Doroszenko | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota macedonica Vandas | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota macrodonta Boiss. & Balansa | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota nigra L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota philistaea Bornm. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota pseudodictamnus (L.) Benth. | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota rotundifolia K. Koch | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota saxatilis Sieber ex C. Presl | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota sechmenii Gemici & Leblebici | 
                          
                          	|  | Ballota undulata (Sieber ex Fresen.) Benth. | 
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | AE(G) Ag Al Az Be Bl Br Bt Bu By Ca Co Cr Cy Cz Eg Ga Ge Gr Hs Hu IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md Po Rf(C CS NW S) Rm Sa Si Sn Su Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) |