Investigation of ecological factors of essential oil of Labiatae species in Kerman province

This research was conducted for identification of essential oil of Labiatae spesies and investigation of ecological characteristics of their habitates in Kerman province.The Labiatae is very important in production of essential oil. Ecological characteristics are required for cultivation of natural and self growing plants of this family. Kerman province is about 186423 km3 in area and placed in southeast of Iran. Lowest and highest altitude in this province is 300m to 4500m a.s.l. and more than 10 kinds of climates are found in this area. 51 essential oil species belong to 17 genera. They are collected and identified by Flora. Many ecological characteristics of habitat are recorded as soil texture, rainfall, temperature, altitude, life form. More species belong to Nepeta and Salvia genera; chamaephyte and terophyte life formes; semiarid-cold, semiarid-warm and arid desert-cold; 2000-3000 altitude. Ziziphora tenuir L., Teucrium polium L., Nepeta glomerulosa Boiss. and Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson are the most dispersed species in variety of climates, that indicates more ecological compitability of these species in different habitats.