| Leucas | |
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| Leucas ciliata | |
Scientific classification
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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] | |
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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 [update] The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names): [3]
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Leucas abyssinica (Benth.) Briq.
- var. argyrophylla (Vatke) Sebald
- var. brachycalyx (Chiov.) Lanza
- Leucas aequistylosa Sebald
- Leucas aggerestris (Wild) Sebald
- Leucas alba (Forssk.) Sebald
- Leucas alluaudii Sacteux
- Leucas anandaraoana Umam.Rao & P.Daniel
- Leucas angularis Benth.
- Leucas angustissima Sedgw.
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Leucas argentea Gürke
- var. neumannii (Gürke) Sebald
- Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
- Leucas bakeri Hiern
- Leucas beddomei (Hook.f.) Sunojk. & P.Mathew
- Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm.
- Leucas bracteosa Gürke
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Leucas calostachys Oliv.
- var. schweinfurthii (Gürke) Sebald
- Leucas capensis (Benth.) Engl.
- Leucas cephalantha Baker
- Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng.
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Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm.
- f. riukiuensis (Ohwi) T.Yamaz.
- Leucas ciliata Benth.
- Leucas clarkei Hook.f.
- Leucas collettii Prain
- Leucas cuneifolia Baker
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Leucas decemdentata (Willd.) Sm.
- var. angustifolia (Wall. ex Benth.) V.Singh
- var. sebastiana (Subba Rao & Kumari) V.Singh
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Leucas deflexa Hook.f.
- var. biglomerulata (Lebrun & Touss.) Sebald
- var. deflexa
- var. kondowensis (Baker) Sebald
- Leucas densiflora Vatke
- Leucas deodikarii Billmore & Hemadri
- Leucas dhofarensis Hedge & Sebald
- Leucas diffusa Benth.
- Leucas discolor Sebald
- Leucas ebracteata Peyr.
- Leucas ellipticifolia (Sebald) Bramley
-
Leucas eriostoma Hook.f.
- var. lanata Hook.f.
- Leucas flagellifera (Balf.f.) Gürke
- Leucas fulvipila Bramley
- Leucas glabrata (Vahl) Sm.
- Leucas grandis Vatke
- Leucas hagghierensis Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
- Leucas helferi Hook.f.
- Leucas helianthemifolia Desf.
- Leucas helicterifolia Haines
- Leucas hephaestis (Wild) Sebald
- Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng.
- Leucas hirundinaris Sebald
- Leucas hyssopifolia Benth.
- Leucas inflata Benth.
- Leucas jamesii Baker
- Leucas kishenensis (Radcl.-Sm.) Sebald
- Leucas lamiifolia Desf.
- Leucas lanata Benth.
- Leucas lanceifolia Desf.
- Leucas lavandulifolia Sm.
- Leucas longifolia Benth.
- Leucas macrantha Blatt. & Hallb.
- Leucas manipurensis N.P.Singh
- Leucas marrubioides Desf.
- Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R.Br.
-
Leucas masaiensis Oliv.
- var. tricrenata (Bullock) Sebald
- var. venulosa (Baker) Sebald
- Leucas mathewiana Sunojk.
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Leucas menthifolia Baker
- var. fulva (Robyns & Lebrun) Sebald
- var. menthifolia
- Leucas milanjiana Gürke
- Leucas minimifolia Chiov.
- Leucas minutiflora Bramley
- Leucas montana (Roth) Spreng.
- Leucas mukerjiana Subba Rao & Kumari
- Leucas mwingensis Sebald
- Leucas nepetifolia Benth.
- Leucas neufliseana Courbai
- Leucas neuflizeana Courbon
- Leucas nubica Benth.
- Leucas nutans (Roth) Spreng.
-
Leucas nyassae Gürke
- var. velutina (C.H.Wright ex Baker) Sebald
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Leucas oligocephala Hook.f.
- var. bowalensis (A.Chev.) Sebald
- var. oligocephala
- Leucas ovata Benth.
- Leucas pearsonii Sebald
- Leucas pechuelii (Kuntze) Baker
- Leucas penduliflora Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
- Leucas pilosa Benth.
- Leucas prostrata (Hook.f.) Gamble
- Leucas pseudoglabrata Bramley
- Leucas pubescens Benth.
- Leucas rosmarinifolia Benth.
- Leucas royleoides (Benth.) Gürke
- Leucas ruspoliana Gürke
- Leucas samhaensis Cortés-Burns & A.G.Mill.
- Leucas sebaldiana Sunojk.
- Leucas sexdentata Skan
- Leucas sivadasaniana Sunojk.
- Leucas somalensis Vatke
- Leucas songeana Sebald
- Leucas spiculifera (Balf.f.) Guerke
- Leucas spiculifolia (Balf.f.) Gürke
- Leucas stachydiformis (Benth.) Hochst. ex Briq.
- Leucas stelligera Wall. ex Benth.
- Leucas stormsii Gürke
- Leucas stricta Benth.
- Leucas subarcuata Sebald
- Leucas suffruticosa Benth.
- Leucas teres Benth.
- Leucas tettensis Vatke
- Leucas tomentosa Gürke
- Leucas tsavoensis Sebald
- Leucas urticifolia (Vahl) Sm.
- Leucas urundensis Robyns & Lebrun
- Leucas usagarensis Gürke
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Leucas vestita Benth.
- var. angustifolia Hook.f.
- var. oblongifolia Hook.f.
- var. sericostoma Hook.f.
- Leucas virgata Balf.f.
- Leucas volkensii Gürke
- Leucas welwitschii Gürke
- Leucas wightiana Wall. ex Benth.
- Leucas wilsonii Sebald
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Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T.Aiton
- var. walkeri (Benth.) Hook.f.
A new species, Leucas sahyadriensis Sunojk., has recently been described and is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. [4]
References
- ^ a b "Leucas". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Leucas". The Plant List. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ 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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