Paraphlomis

Paraphlomis
Paraphlomis javanica in the Hong Kong Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Lamioideae
Genus:	Paraphlomis Prain
Type species
Paraphlomis javanica var. javanica
Synonyms [1]
AjugoidesMakino MatsumurellaMakino PogonantheraH.W.Li & X.H.Guo 1993 not Blume 1831 nor Spach 1840 SinopogonantheraH.W.Li

Paraphlomis is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1901. It is native to China, Japan, Korea, the eastern Himalayas, Indochina, and Malesia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

48 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Paraphlomis albida Hand.-Mazz. – Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan
• Paraphlomis albiflora (Hemsl.) Hand.-Mazz. – Hubei, Sichuan, Vietnam
• Paraphlomis albotomentosa C.Y.Wu – Hunan
• Paraphlomis baiwanensis W.Y.Zhao, Y.P.Chen & Q.Fan – Guangdong
• Paraphlomis breviflora B.Y.Ding, Y.L.Xu & Z.H.Chen – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis brevifolia C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis caloneura K.J.Yan, Y.P.Chen & Y.Feng Huang – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis cauliflora S.S.Ying – Taiwan
• Paraphlomis chinensis (Benth.) J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – southeastern China, southwestern Japan (Gotō Islands), and Taiwan
• Paraphlomis coronata (Vaniot) Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – southern China and Taiwan
• Paraphlomis foliata (Dunn) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi
• Paraphlomis formosana (Hayata) T.H.Hsieh & T.C.Huang – southern China including Taiwan
• Paraphlomis hirsutissima C.Y.Wu – Yunnan
• Paraphlomis hispida C.Y.Wu – Bangladesh, Yunnan, Guangxi, Vietnam
• Paraphlomis hsiwenii Y.P.Chen & Xiong Li – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis humilis (Miq.) J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Japan (southwestern Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu)
• Paraphlomis intermedia C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Anhui, Zhejiang
• Paraphlomis javanica (Blume) Prain – China, Himalayas, Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
• Paraphlomis jiangyongensis X.L.Yu & A.Liu – Hunan
• Paraphlomis jinggangshanensis Boufford, W.B.Liao & W.Y.Zhao – Jiangxi
• Paraphlomis koreana S.C.Ko & G.Y.Chung – Korea
• Paraphlomis kuankuoshuiensis R.B.Zhang, D.Tan & C.B.Ma – Guizhou
• Paraphlomis kwangtungensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Guangdong
• Paraphlomis lanceolata Hand.-Mazz. – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Jiangxi
• Paraphlomis lancidentata Y.Z.Sun – Zhejiang and Vietnam
• Paraphlomis longicalyx Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Guangxi and Guizhou
• Paraphlomis membranacea C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Yunnan and Vietnam
• Paraphlomis montigena (X.H.Guo & S.B.Zhou) J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Anhui
• Paraphlomis myrioclada J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Guangdong
• Paraphlomis nana Y.Chen – Chongqing ^[5]
• Paraphlomis oblongifolia (Blume) Prain – Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi
• Paraphlomis octopus Q.Fan, Y.P.Chen & Ying Liu – Guangxi and Guangdong
• Paraphlomis parviflora C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Taiwan
• Paraphlomis patentisetulosa C.Y.Wu – Guangdong
• Paraphlomis paucisetosa C.Y.Wu – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis qingyuanensis W.Y.Zhao, R.M.Wu & Q.Fan – Guangdong
• Paraphlomis reflexa C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Jiangxi
• Paraphlomis seticalyx C.Y.Wu – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis setulosa C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li – Anhui and Jiangxi
• Paraphlomis shunchangensis Z.Y.Li & M.S.Li – southeastern China
• Paraphlomis strictiflora J.C.Yuan, B.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Guizhou
• Paraphlomis subcoriacea C.Y.Wu – Guangxi and Guangdong
• Paraphlomis szechuanensis (C.Y.Wu) J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Chongqing
• Paraphlomis tomentosocapitata Yamam. – Taiwan
• Paraphlomis tuberifera (Makino) J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Japan (southern Kyushu), Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and southeastern China
• Paraphlomis yangsoensis (Y.Z.Sun) J.C.Yuan, Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang – Guangxi
• Paraphlomis yingdeensis W.Y.Zhao, Y.Q.Li & Q.Fan – Guangdong
• Paraphlomis youyangensis H.Jiang, R.B.Zhang & Tan Deng – Chongqing

References

1. "Paraphlomis Prain". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Pan, Y.Z., Fang, L.Q., Hao, G., Cai, J. & Gong, X. (2009). Systematic positions of Lamiophlomis and Paraphlomis (Lamiaceae) based on nuclear and chloroplast sequenses. Journal of systematics and evolution 47: 535-542.
4. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 170 假糙苏属 jia cao su shu Paraphlomis (Prain) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 721. 1908.
5. Chen, Yaping; Xiong, Chi; Zhou, Houlin; Chen, Feng; Xiang, Chunlei (2022-03-29). "Paraphlomis nana (Lamiaceae), a new species from Chongqing, China". Turkish Journal of Botany. 46 (2): 176–182. doi:10.55730/1300-008X.2680. ISSN   1300-008X.