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Fuerstia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Genus: Fuerstia
T.C.E.Fr.

Fuerstia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1929. It is native to Eastern and Southern Africa. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Species
  1. Fuerstia adpressa A.J.Paton - Angola
  2. Fuerstia africana T.C.E.Fr. - East Africa (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
  3. Fuerstia angustifolia G.Taylor - Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
  4. Fuerstia bartsioides (Baker) G.Taylor - South Sudan
  5. Fuerstia dendrothrix A.J.Paton - Somalia
  6. Fuerstia rara G.Taylor - Angola
  7. Fuerstia rigida (Benth.) A.J.Paton - Angola
  8. Fuerstia ternata A.J.Paton - Tanzania
  9. Fuerstia welwitschii G.Taylor - Angola

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  3. ^ Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  4. ^ Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.