Thorncroftia

Thorncroftia
Thorncroftia longiflora [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Ocimeae
Genus:	Thorncroftia N.E.Br. [2]

Thorncroftia (whistlesweets) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1912. It is native to southern Africa. ^[3]

Species

1. Thorncroftia coddii Changwe & K.Balkwill – South Africa (Mpumalanga province)
2. Thorncroftia greenii Changwe & K.Balkwill – South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal province)
3. Thorncroftia longiflora N.E.Br – Eswatini, South Africa (Mpumalanga)
4. Thorncroftia lotteri T.J.Edwards & McMurtry – South Africa (Mpumalanga)
5. Thorncroftia media Codd – South Africa (Limpopo province)
6. Thorncroftia malolotjaensis K.Balkwill – Eswatini
7. Thorncroftia succulenta (R.A.Dyer & E.A.Bruce) Codd – South Africa (Limpopo)
8. Thorncroftia thorncroftii (S.Moore) Codd – Eswatini, South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga)

References

1. 1919 illustration, M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. - Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 145 [= ser. 4, vol. 15]: Tab. 8824
2. "Thorncroftia N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

External links

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