Collinsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.
[1][2][3][4] It was named for the English botanist Peter Collinson (1694–1768) by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753.
[6] In order of their number of species, they are Elsholtzia, Mosla, Collinsonia, Perilla, and Perillula.
The circumscription of species in Collinsonia has been a source of confusion, and many names have been published.
[8] The following list of species follows the World Checklist from Kew Gardens in London.