Leucas

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Leucas
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Leucas ciliata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Leucas
R.Br. [1]
Species

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Synonyms [2]
  • HemistemmaRchb.
  • HemistomaEhrenb. ex Benth.
  • LasiocorysBenth.
  • BlandinaRaf.
  • ElbunisRaf.
  • EneodonRaf.
  • HeptrilisRaf.
  • HetreptaRaf.
  • IsodecaRaf.
  • LeucasiaRaf.
  • PhysoleucasJaub. & Spach

Leucas is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described by Robert Brown in 1810. It contains over 200 species, widespread over much of Africa, and southern and eastern Asia (Iran, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.) with a few species in Queensland and on various islands in the Indian Ocean. [2] [1]

Species

As of March 2014 The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names): [3]

A new species, Leucas sahyadriensis Sunojk., has recently been described and is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. [4]

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<i>Indigofera</i> Genus of plants

Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

<i>Plectranthus</i> Family of shrubs

Plectranthus is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. Plectranthus species are herbaceous perennial plants, rarely annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, sometimes succulent; sometimes with a tuberous base.

<i>Orthosiphon</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Pluchea</i> Genus of plants

Pluchea is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus might be known as camphorweeds, plucheas, or less uniquely fleabanes. Some, such as P. carolinensis and P. odorata, are called sourbushes. There are plants of many forms, from annual and perennial herbs to shrubs and trees, and there is variation in the morphology of leaves, flowers, and fruits.

<i>Tinnea</i> Genus of flowering plants

Tinnea is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.

  1. Tinnea aethiopicaKotschy ex Hook.f. - widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
  2. Tinnea antiscorbuticaWelw. - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
  3. Tinnea apiculataRobyns & Lebrun - eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
  4. Tinnea barbataVollesen - Swaziland, northern South Africa
  5. Tinnea barteriGürke - western Africa
  6. Tinnea benguellensisGürke - Angola
  7. Tinnea coeruleaGürke - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
  8. Tinnea eriocalyxWelw. - Zaïre, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
  9. Tinnea galpiniiBriq. - Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa
  10. Tinnea gossweileriRobyns & Lebrun - Angola
  11. Tinnea gracilisGürke - Tanzania to Zambia
  12. Tinnea mirabilis(Bullock) Vollesen - Tanzania
  13. Tinnea physalisE.A.Bruce - Tanzania
  14. Tinnea platyphyllaBriq. - Zaïre
  15. Tinnea rhodesianaS.Moore - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
  16. Tinnea somalensisGürke ex Chiov. - Ethiopia
  17. Tinnea vesiculosaGürke - Tanzania, Malawi
  18. Tinnea vestitaBaker - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
  19. Tinnea zambesiacaBaker - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique
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Aeollanthus is a genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. All the species are native to Africa.

<i>Pycnostachys</i> Genus of flowering plants

Pycnostachys is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.

  1. Pycnostachys abyssinicaFresen. - Ethiopia
  2. Pycnostachys angolensisG.Taylor - Angola
  3. Pycnostachys batesiiBaker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda
  4. Pycnostachys chevalieriBriq. - Central African Republic
  5. Pycnostachys ciliataBramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
  6. Pycnostachys coeruleaHook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar
  7. Pycnostachys congensisGürke - Zaïre, Zambia
  8. Pycnostachys de-wildemanianaRobyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe
  9. Pycnostachys deflexifoliaBaker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  10. Pycnostachys descampsiiBriq. - Zaïre
  11. Pycnostachys elliotiiS.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda
  12. Pycnostachys eminiiGürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania
  13. Pycnostachys erici-roseniiR.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
  14. Pycnostachys goetzeniiGürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda
  15. Pycnostachys gracilisR.D.Good - Angola
  16. Pycnostachys graminifoliaPerkins - Tanzania
  17. Pycnostachys kassneriDe Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
  18. Pycnostachys lancifoliaBramley - Tanzania
  19. Pycnostachys meyeriGürke - western + central Africa
  20. Pycnostachys nepetifoliaBaker - Kenya
  21. Pycnostachys niamniamensisGürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
  22. Pycnostachys orthodontaGürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania
  23. Pycnostachys parvifoliaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
  24. Pycnostachys prittwitziiPerkins - Zambia, Tanzania
  25. Pycnostachys pseudospeciosaBuscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia
  26. Pycnostachys recurvataRyding - Ethiopia
  27. Pycnostachys reticulata(E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa
  28. Pycnostachys ruandensisDe Wild. - east-central Africa
  29. Pycnostachys schliebeniiMildbr. - east-central Africa
  30. Pycnostachys schweinfurthiiBriq - western + central Africa
  31. Pycnostachys speciosaGürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
  32. Pycnostachys sphaerocephalaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre
  33. Pycnostachys stuhlmanniiGürke - central Africa
  34. Pycnostachys umbrosa(Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania
  35. Pycnostachys urticifoliaHook. - southeastern Africa
  36. Pycnostachys verticillataBaker - Zambia, Tanzania

References

  1. 1 2 "Leucas". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Leucas". The Plant List . Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Sunojkumar, Purayidathkandy (2019-03-27). "Leucas sahyadriensis (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) an overlooked new endemic species from India and notes on Leucas chinensis". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 187–194. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.2. ISSN   1179-3163. S2CID   109864501.


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