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Genus of flowering plants
Ajuga on fine gravel
Ajuga ,
[4] also known as bugleweed ,
[5] ground pine ,
[6] carpet bugle , or just bugle , is a genus of flowering plants in the
Ajugeae tribe of the mint family
Lamiaceae . There are over 60 species
[7] of
annual or
perennial , mostly
herbaceous plants.
[8] They are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
[7]
They grow to 5–50 cm (2–20 in) tall, with
opposite leaves .
[9]
Species
Species accepted within Ajuga include:
[3]
Ajuga arabica P.H.Davis – Saudi Arabia
Ajuga australis R.Br. - Australia
Ajuga bombycina Boiss. – Aegean Islands, Turkey
Ajuga boninsimae Maxim. – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan)
Ajuga brachystemon Maxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India
Ajuga campylantha Diels – Yunnan
Ajuga campylanthoides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central China
Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. – Iran, Afghanistan
Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern Asia
Ajuga chasmophila P.H.Davis – Syria
Ajuga ciliata Bunge – China, Korea, Japan
Ajuga davisiana Kit Tan & Yildiz – Turkey
Ajuga decaryana Danguy ex R.A.Clement – Madagascar
Ajuga decumbens Thunb. – decumbent bugle
[10] – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Ajuga dictyocarpa Hayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Ajuga fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
Ajuga flaccida Baker – Madagascar
Ajuga forrestii Diels – China, Tibet, Nepal
Ajuga genevensis L. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America
Ajuga grandiflora Stapf – South Australia
Ajuga incisia Maxim – Honshu Island in Japan
Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea
Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine
Ajuga japonica Miq. – Japan
Ajuga laxmannii (Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus
Ajuga leucantha Lukhoba – Uganda, DRoC, Ethiopia
Ajuga linearifolia Pamp. – China
Ajuga lobata D.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
Ajuga lupulina Maxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern Indochina
Ajuga makinoi Nakai – Honshu Island in Japan
Ajuga mollis Gladkova – Crimea
Ajuga multiflora Bunge – Korean pyramid bugle
[10] – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye
Ajuga nipponensis Makino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan
Ajuga novoguineensis A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New Guinea
Ajuga nubigena Diels – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
Ajuga oblongata M.Bieb. – Iraq, Caucasus
Ajuga oocephala Baker – Madagascar
Ajuga ophrydris Burch. ex Benth. – South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho
Ajuga orientalis L. – eastern Mediterranean
Ajuga ovalifolia Bureau & Franch. – China
Ajuga palaestina - Palestine (Region), Turkey
[11]
Ajuga pantantha Hand.-Mazz. – Yunnan
Ajuga parviflora Benth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal
Ajuga piskoi Degen & Bald. – Albania, Yugoslavia
Ajuga postii Briq. – Turkey
Ajuga pygmaea A.Gray – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Ajuga pyramidalis L. – central + southern Europe
Ajuga relicta P.H.Davis – Turkey
Ajuga reptans L. – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and Venezuela
Ajuga robusta Baker – Madagascar
Ajuga salicifolia (L.) Schreb. – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, Turkey
Ajuga saxicola Assadi & Jamzad – Iran
Ajuga sciaphila W.W.Sm. .- southwestern China
Ajuga shikotanensis Miyabe & Tatew – Japan, Kuril Islands
Ajuga sinuata R.Br. – New South Wales
Ajuga spectabilis Nakai – Korean bugle
[10] – Korea
Ajuga taiwanensis Nakai ex Murata – Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines
Ajuga tenorii C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl – Italy
Ajuga turkestanica (Regel) Briq. – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ajuga vesiculifera Herder – Kyrgyzstan
Ajuga vestita Boiss. – Turkey, Iran
Ajuga xylorrhiza Kit Tan – Turkey
Ajuga yesoensis Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. – Japan
Ajuga zakhoensis Rech.f. – Iraq
Gallery
Blue bugle (Ajuga genevensis )
Common bugle from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz , 1885
Color specimen of Ajuga nipponica Makino , 1962
Pyramid bugle (Ajuga pyramidalis )
References
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"Ajuga " . Index Nominum Genericorum .
International Association for Plant Taxonomy . 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-04 .
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Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-10).
"Genus: Ajuga L." Taxonomy for Plants .
USDA ,
ARS , National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from
the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2008-06-04 .
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a
b
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607;
OED : "Ajuga"
^ Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada . Macmillan, New York.
^
Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved February 04, 2010
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a
b
"Ajuga L."
Plants of the World Online .
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew .
^
"Ajuga" . Flora of China .
^ C. F. Leyel (1946).
Compassionate Herbs . Faber and Faber Limited.
^
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c
English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF) . Pocheon:
Korea National Arboretum . 2015. p. 345.
ISBN
978-89-97450-98-5 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via
Korea Forest Service .
^
"Ajuga chamaepitys subsp. Palaestina (Boiss.) Bornm" .