Anisomeles

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Anisomeles
Inflorescence of Anisomeles malabarica.JPG
Anisomeles malabarica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Anisomeles
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[1]

Epimeredi Adans.

Anisomeles is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands.[1][2] Plants in the genus Anisomeles have small, flat, narrow elliptic to narrow e.g.-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the edges of the leaves sometimes wavy or serrated. The flowers are arranged in groups, with five sepals and five petals in two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes, the middle lobe much longer than the side lobes. There are four stamens that extend beyond the petals and a single style in a depression on top of the ovary. The fruit is a schizocarp with four nutlets containing small seeds.[3]

Taxonomy[]

The genus Anisomeles was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4][5] The name Anisomeles means "unequal limbs", referring to the petal lobes.[6]

Species list[]

The following is a list of species of Anisomeles accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2021:[7]

  • Anisomeles ajugacea (F.M.Bailey & F.Muell.) A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Northern Territory
  • Benth. - Myanmar, Thailand
  • A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Western Australia
  • A.R.Bean - Northern Territory
  • Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze - China, Tibet, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Christmas Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Madagascar; naturalized in Fiji, Samoa, Jamaica, Trinidad
  • R.Br. - Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
  • A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Northern Territory
  • A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R.Br. ex Sims - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, northern Australia
  • A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland
  • A.R.Bean - Lesser Sunda Is., Western Australia
  • , . & S.Murug. - India
  • A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Western Australia
  • A.R.Bean - Queensland
  • Wight ex Benth. - India

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 188, 广防风属 guang fang feng shu, Anisomeles R. Brown, Prodr. 503. 1810.
  3. ^ "Anisomeles". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Anisomeles". APNI. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 503. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. ^ "Anisomeles". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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