Leonurus
Leonurus | |
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Leonurus cardiaca[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Lamioideae |
Genus: | Leonurus L. |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Leonurus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America.[2][3][4][5]
Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is called yìmǔcǎo (益母草) in Chinese.
Species are sometimes confused with the related genus Leonotis.
- Species[2]
- Leonurus cardiaca L. - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran
- C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan)
- V.I.Krecz. - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
- Bunge - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia
- V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Kazakhstan
- Leonurus japonicus Houtt. - Japan, Korea, Amur, Primorye, much of China (incl Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang), Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in North + South America, West Indies, Hawaii, Cape Verde, etc.
- Krestovsk. - Pakistan
- Maxim. - Japan, Primorye, Manchuria
- V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita)
- Murata - Afghanistan
- Popov - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Boiss. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
- Kitag. - Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China
- Krestovsk. - Mongolia, Xinjiang
- Benth. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas
- Leonurus quinquelobatus Gilib. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk
- Benth. - western Himalayas
- Leonurus sibiricus L. - Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi)
- L. - Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk)
- Krestovsk. - Tibet
- V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
- C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Tibet
- C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Hebei)
- C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Shanxi)
References[]
- ^ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 162 益母草属 yi mu cao shu Leonurus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 584. 1753.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Genere Leonurus includes photos + European distribution maps
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Categories:
- Lamiaceae
- Lamiaceae genera
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Lamiaceae stubs