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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Perilla L.

This genus name was first published in Gen. Pl., ed. 6. : 578 (1764)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000028769.

Literature

Gen. Pl., ed. 6. 578. 1764 [Jun 1764]

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Synonyms of Perilla

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Dentidia	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. : 869 (1790)		wfo-4000011148

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Perilla:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Perilla cavaleriei	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 125 (1910)		wfo-0000267277
Perilla frutescens var. crispa	(Thunb.) H.Deane	Rhodora 25: 40 1923	—	wfo-0000267286
Perilla heteromorpha	Carrière	Rev. Hort. 51: 273 1879	—	wfo-0001070154
Perilla laciniata	hort. ex W.Miller & L.H.Bailey	in L. H. Bailey, Standard Cycl. Hortic. 2553 (1916), In syn.		wfo-0001352889
Perilla macrostachya	Benth.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1559. 1829		wfo-0001352890