Lagochilus

Lagochilus
Lagochilus platyacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Lamioideae
Genus:	Lagochilus Bunge ex Benth.
Synonyms [1]
YermoloffiaBél. ChlainanthusBriq. LagochilopsisKnorring

Lagochilus is a genus of the mint family that contains Turkistan mint ( Lagochilus inebrians ). ^{[2] [3]} It is native to central, south-central, and eastern Asia (Iran, ^[4] Pakistan, Kazakhstan, ^[5] Mongolia, China, etc.). ^{[1] [6]}

Etymology of genus name

The genus name Lagochilus is derived from the Greek elements λαγός (lagos) "hare" and χείλος (ch(e)ilos) "lip" (in reference to a perceived resemblance between the shape of the corolla and the cleft lip of a hare). ^[7]

Species ^[1]

• Lagochilus acutilobus (Ledeb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus alutaceus Bunge — Iran
• Lagochilus androssowii Knorring — Kazakhstan
• Lagochilus aucheri Boiss. — Iran
• Lagochilus balchanicus Czerniak. — Turkmenistan
• Lagochilus botschantzevii Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus bungei Benth. — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
• Lagochilus cabulicus Benth. — Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas of northern India, Turkmenistan
• Lagochilus cuneatus Benth. — Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Lagochilus diacanthophyllus (Pall.) Benth. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
• Lagochilus drobovii Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Kyrgyzstan
• Lagochilus grandiflorus C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan — Xinjiang
• Lagochilus gypsaceus Vved. — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
• Lagochilus hindukushi Kamelin & Gubanov — Afghanistan
• Lagochilus hirsutissimus Vved — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus hirtus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang
• Lagochilus hispidus (Bél.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Iran
• Lagochilus ilicifolius Bunge ex Benth. — Tuva Republic in Russia, Mongolia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi
• Lagochilus inebrians Bunge — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
• Lagochilus kaschgaricus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
• Lagochilus knorringianus Pavlov — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus kschtutensis Knorring — Tajikistan
• Lagochilus lanatonodus C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan — Xinjiang
• Lagochilus leiacanthus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
• Lagochilus longidentatus Knorring — Kazakhstan
• Lagochilus macracanthus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Iran
• Lagochilus nevskii Knorring — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus occultiflorus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
• Lagochilus olgae Kamelin — Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus paulsenii Briq. — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus platyacanthus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus platycalyx Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus proskorjakovii Ikramov — Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus pubescens Vved. — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus pulcher Knorring — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• Lagochilus pungens Schrenk — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
• Lagochilus quadridentatus Jamzad — Iran
• Lagochilus schugnanicus Knorring — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Lagochilus seravschanicus Knorring — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus setulosus Vved. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus subhispidus Knorring — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus taukumensis Tzukerv. — Kazakhstan
• Lagochilus turkestanicus Knorring — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Lagochilus vvedenskyi Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Uzbekistan
• Lagochilus xianjiangensis G.J.Liu - Xinjiang

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Golden Guide, Books Online
3. Sage Wisdom
4. Jamzad, Z. (1988). "The genus Lagochilus (Labiatae) in Iran". Iran J. Bot. 4 (1): 91–103.
5. Aimenova, Z.E.; Eshibaev, A.A.; Zaynutdinov, U.N. "Research of areas of distribution of valuable medicinal species of plants of Lagochilus Bunge (Lamiaceae) genus of South Kazakhstan territory". Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Biology and Medical Sciences; Vienna, Austria. 13 January 2015. pp. 4–9.
6. "Lagochilus Bunge ex Bentham, Labiat. Gen. Spec. 640. 1834.; 兔唇花属 tu chun hua shu". Flora of China. Vol. 17. p. 166 – via Efloras.org.
7. Mamadalieva NZ, Akramov DK, Wessjohann LA, Hussain H, Long C, Tojibaev KS, Alshammari E, Ashour ML, Wink M (January 2021). "The Genus Lagochilus (Lamiaceae): A Review of Its Diversity, Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology". Plants. 10 (1). doi: 10.3390/plants10010132 . PMC   7826601 . PMID   33440727.