Calament – Wikipedia

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Calament is a vernacular name which commonly designates a dozen species of perennial plants of the family of Lamiacées , close to mint. Besides, this term comes from low Latin Calamintha ^{[ first ]} , lui-rême debruvé du grec καλμινθθ, calamine , which designates a kind of mint, which is today the name of a kind of calament. The calaments are from Europe and Western Asia (more precisely from Iran and Central Europe) where they grow in uncultivated woods and rockeries. Most often, however, by saying “calament” French speakers refer to the officinal calament ( Clinopodium methifolium ) or mountain calament which could be one of the multiple constituents of the theriac of the Western maritime pharmacopoeia XVIII ^{It is} century ^{[ 2 ]} .

The general characteristics of the calaments are those of Lamiacées , with nuances for each species: see detailed articles for more information on their description or lifestyle.

Common characteristics [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

These are incultivated wood and rocker plants, close to mint, which we use the stems, leaves and flowers.

The calaments belong, in fact, to the genres Acinos , Calamintha . Recent research proposes to bring together these genres within the genre Clinopodium ^{[ 3 ]} . Other species are part of the genus Are theirs ^{[ 4 ]} .

French names and corresponding scientific names [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Alphabetical list of vulgar names or attested vernacular names ^{[ 5 ]} in French.
Note: Some species have several names and therefore appear several times in this list. The classifications still evolving, some scientific names may have another valid synonym .

• Calaments – Historically the genre Calamintha ^{[ 6 ]}
• Calament – the species Clinopodium methifolium ^{[ 6 ] , [ 7 ]} , the species Clinopodium nepeta ^{[ 8 ] , [ 9 ]} and the subspecies Clinopodium vulgare subsp. arundanum ^{[ ten ]} .
• Mint leaves – Clinopodium nepeta subsp. sylvaticum ^{[ 11 ]}
• Large flower calament – Clinopodium grandiflorum ^{[ 6 ] , [ 11 ] , [ ten ]}
• Cambridge – Clinopodium acinos ^{[ 11 ] , [ ten ] , [ 9 ] , [ 7 ]}
• Rament Ascendent – Clinopodium nepeta subsp. ascending ^{[ 11 ]} , his the Clinopodium methifolium subsp. ascending ^{[ twelfth ]} .
• Clinopod calament – Clinopodium vulgare subsp. vulgare ^{[ 7 ]}
• Calament d’Arkansas – Clinopodium arkansanum ^{[ 7 ]}
• Rabbit Calment – Clinopodium nepeta nothosubsp. rabbit ^{[ 11 ]}
• Corsican calament – Clinopodium corsicum ^{[ ten ]}
• Mountain calament – Clinopodium methifolium ^{[ 6 ]} or au Canada Calamintha officinalis ^{[ 9 ]} , his. the Clinopodium nepeta
• Calament des Alpes – Clinopodium alpmum ^{[ 11 ] , [ ten ]}
• Calament of the Pyrenees – Clinopodium alpmum subsp. pyrenaeum ^{[ ten ]}
• Wood calament – Clinopodium nepeta subsp. sylvaticum ^{[ 11 ]} and in Canada Clinopodium methifolium ^{[ 7 ]} or Clinopodium methifolium subsp. methifolium ^{[ 7 ]}
• Calament of fields – Clinopodium acinos ^{[ ten ]}
• Calament du Midi – Clinopodium alpmum subsp. southern ^{[ ten ]}
• Calament False Népéta – Clinopodium nepeta ^{[ 6 ]}
• Glass Calament – Clinopodium glabellum ^{[ 7 ]}
• Glandulous calament – Clinopodium nepeta ^{[ 6 ] , [ 11 ]}
• Mixed calament – Clinopodium × mixed ^{[ 11 ]}
• Rating nepeta – Clinopodium nepeta ^{[ 6 ]}
• CALAMENT OFFICINAL – Clinopodium methifolium ^{[ 6 ]}
• Hairy calament – Clinopodium acinos subsp. acinos ^{[ ten ]}
• Small calament – Clinopodium nepeta ^{[ 6 ]}