Leucasis a genus of plants in the familyLamiaceae,first described byRobert Brownin 1810. It contains over 200 species, widespread over much ofAfrica,and southern and easternAsia(Iran,India,China,Japan,Indonesia,etc.) with a few species inQueenslandand on various islands in theIndian Ocean.[2][1]
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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] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
editAs of March 2014[update]The Plant Listrecognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names):[3]
- Leucas abyssinica(Benth.) Briq.
- var.argyrophylla(Vatke) Sebald
- var.brachycalyx(Chiov.) Lanza
- Leucas aequistylosaSebald
- Leucas aggerestris(Wild) Sebald
- Leucas alba(Forssk.) Sebald
- Leucas alluaudiiSacteux
- Leucas anandaraoanaUmam.Rao & P.Daniel
- Leucas angularisBenth.
- Leucas angustissimaSedgw.
- Leucas argenteaGürke
- var.neumannii(Gürke) Sebald
- Leucas aspera(Willd.) Link
- Leucas bakeriHiern
- Leucas beddomei(Hook.f.) Sunojk. & P.Mathew
- Leucas biflora(Vahl) Sm.
- Leucas bracteosaGürke
- Leucas calostachysOliv.
- var.schweinfurthii(Gürke) Sebald
- Leucas capensis(Benth.) Engl.
- Leucas cephalanthaBaker
- Leucas cephalotes(Roth) Spreng.
- Leucas chinensis(Retz.) Sm.
- f.riukiuensis(Ohwi) T.Yamaz.
- Leucas ciliataBenth.
- Leucas clarkeiHook.f.
- Leucas collettiiPrain
- Leucas cuneifoliaBaker
- Leucas decemdentata(Willd.) Sm.
- var.angustifolia(Wall. ex Benth.) V.Singh
- var.sebastiana(Subba Rao & Kumari) V.Singh
- Leucas deflexaHook.f.
- var.biglomerulata(Lebrun & Touss.) Sebald
- var.deflexa
- var.kondowensis(Baker) Sebald
- Leucas densifloraVatke
- Leucas deodikariiBillmore & Hemadri
- Leucas dhofarensisHedge & Sebald
- Leucas diffusaBenth.
- Leucas discolorSebald
- Leucas ebracteataPeyr.
- Leucas ellipticifolia(Sebald) Bramley
- Leucas eriostomaHook.f.
- var.lanataHook.f.
- Leucas flagellifera(Balf.f.) Gürke
- Leucas fulvipilaBramley
- Leucas glabrata(Vahl) Sm.
- Leucas grandisVatke
- Leucas hagghierensisAl-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
- Leucas helferiHook.f.
- Leucas helianthemifoliaDesf.
- Leucas helicterifoliaHaines
- Leucas hephaestis(Wild) Sebald
- Leucas hirta(B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng.
- Leucas hirundinarisSebald
- Leucas hyssopifoliaBenth.
- Leucas inflataBenth.
- Leucas jamesiiBaker
- Leucas kishenensis(Radcl.-Sm.) Sebald
- Leucas lamiifoliaDesf.
- Leucas lanataBenth.
- Leucas lanceifoliaDesf.
- Leucas lavandulifoliaSm.
- Leucas longifoliaBenth.
- Leucas macranthaBlatt. & Hallb.
- Leucas manipurensisN.P.Singh
- Leucas marrubioidesDesf.
- Leucas martinicensis(Jacq.) R.Br.
- Leucas masaiensisOliv.
- var.tricrenata(Bullock) Sebald
- var.venulosa(Baker) Sebald
- Leucas mathewianaSunojk.
- Leucas menthifoliaBaker
- var.fulva(Robyns & Lebrun) Sebald
- var.menthifolia
- Leucas milan gian aGürke
- Leucas minimifoliaChiov.
- Leucas minutifloraBramley
- Leucas montana(Roth) Spreng.
- Leucas muker gian aSubba Rao & Kumari
- Leucas mwingensisSebald
- Leucas nepetifoliaBenth.
- Leucas neufliseanaCourbai
- Leucas neuflizeanaCourbon
- Leucas nubicaBenth.
- Leucas nutans(Roth) Spreng.
- Leucas nyassaeGürke
- var.velutina(C.H.Wright ex Baker) Sebald
- Leucas oligocephalaHook.f.
- var.bowalensis(A.Chev.) Sebald
- var.oligocephala
- Leucas ovataBenth.
- Leucas pearsoniiSebald
- Leucas pechuelii(Kuntze) Baker
- Leucas pendulifloraAl-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
- Leucas pilosaBenth.
- Leucas prostrata(Hook.f.) Gamble
- Leucas pseudoglabrataBramley
- Leucas pubescensBenth.
- Leucas rosmarinifoliaBenth.
- Leucas royleoides(Benth.) Gürke
- Leucas ruspolianaGürke
- Leucas samhaensisCortés-Burns & A.G.Mill.
- Leucas sebaldianaSunojk.
- Leucas sexdentataSkan
- Leucas sivadasanianaSunojk.
- Leucas somalensisVatke
- Leucas songeanaSebald
- Leucas spiculifera(Balf.f.) Guerke
- Leucas spiculifolia(Balf.f.) Gürke
- Leucas stachydiformis(Benth.) Hochst. ex Briq.
- Leucas stelligeraWall. ex Benth.
- Leucas stormsiiGürke
- Leucas strictaBenth.
- Leucas subarcuataSebald
- Leucas suffruticosaBenth.
- Leucas teresBenth.
- Leucas tettensisVatke
- Leucas tomentosaGürke
- Leucas tsavoensisSebald
- Leucas urticifolia(Vahl) Sm.
- Leucas urundensisRobyns & Lebrun
- Leucas usagarensisGürke
- Leucas vestitaBenth.
- var.angustifoliaHook.f.
- var.oblongifoliaHook.f.
- var.sericostomaHook.f.
- Leucas virgataBalf.f.
- Leucas volkensiiGürke
- Leucas welwitschiiGürke
- Leucas wightianaWall. ex Benth.
- Leucas wilsoniiSebald
- Leucas zeylanica(L.) W.T.Aiton
- var.walkeri(Benth.) Hook.f.
A newspecies,Leucas sahyadriensisSunojk., has recently been described and isendemicto theWestern Ghatsof southernIndia.[4]
References
edit- ^ab"Leucas".Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Retrieved11 March2014.
- ^abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^"Leucas".The Plant List.Retrieved11 March2014.
- ^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.ISSN1179-3163.S2CID109864501.
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