Lophanthus

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Lophanthus
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Lophanthus chinensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Lophanthus
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Synonyms [1]

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Lophanthus is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1763. It is native to central and southwestern Asia from Turkey to Mongolia, with many of the species endemic to Iran. [1] [2]

Species [1]
  1. Lophanthus adenocladus (Bornm.) Levin - Iran
  2. Lophanthus allotrius (Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
  3. Lophanthus archibaldii (Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
  4. Lophanthus chinensis Benth. - Mongolia, Xinjiang, Siberia (Buryatiya, Chita, Tuva, Irkutsk)
  5. Lophanthus depauperatus (Benth.) Levin - Iran
  6. Lophanthus dschuparensis (Bornm.) Levin - Iran
  7. Lophanthus elegans (Lipsky) Levin - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  8. Lophanthus hedgei (Freitag) A.L.Budantzev - Afghanistan
  9. Lophanthus iranshahrii (Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
  10. Lophanthus krylovii Lipsky - Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Altai
  11. Lophanthus laxiflorus (Benth.) Levin - Iran
  12. Lophanthus michauxii (Briq.) Levin - Iran
  13. Lophanthus ouroumitanensis (Franch.) Kochk. & Zuckerw. - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  14. Lophanthus oxyodontus (Boiss.) Levin - Iran
  15. Lophanthus pinetorum (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Levin - Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas
  16. Lophanthus schrenkii Levin - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  17. Lophanthus schtschurowskianus (Regel) Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  18. Lophanthus sessilifolius (Bunge) Levin - Iran, Pakistan
  19. Lophanthus subnivalis Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  20. Lophanthus tibeticus C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang - Tibet
  21. Lophanthus tschimganicus Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
  22. Lophanthus turcicus Dirmenci, Yıldız & Hedge - Turkey
  23. Lophanthus varzobicus Kochk. - Tajikistan

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Dirmenci, T., Yildiz, B., Hedge, I.C. & Firat, M. (2010). Lophanthus (Lamiaceae) in Turkey: a new generic record and a new species. Turkish Journal of Botany 34: 123-129.