Leucas

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Leucas
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Leucas ciliata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Leucas
R.Br.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Hemistemma Rchb.
  • Hemistoma Ehrenb. ex Benth.
  • Lasiocorys Benth.
  • Blandina Raf.
  • Elbunis Raf.
  • Eneodon Raf.
  • Heptrilis Raf.
  • Hetrepta Raf.
  • Isodeca Raf.
  • Leucasia Raf.
  • Physoleucas Jaub. & Spach

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 The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names):[3]

  • (Benth.) Briq.
    • (Vatke) Sebald
    • (Chiov.) Lanza
  • Sebald
  • (Wild) Sebald
  • (Forssk.) Sebald
  • Sacteux
  • Umam.Rao & P.Daniel
  • Benth.
  • Sedgw.
  • Gürke
    • (Gürke) Sebald
  • Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
  • Hiern
  • (Hook.f.) Sunojk. & P.Mathew
  • (Vahl) Sm.
  • Gürke
  • Oliv.
    • (Gürke) Sebald
  • (Benth.) Engl.
  • Baker
  • Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng.
  • (Retz.) Sm.
    • (Ohwi) T.Yamaz.
  • Benth.
  • Hook.f.
  • Prain
  • Baker
  • (Willd.) Sm.
    • (Wall. ex Benth.) V.Singh
    • (Subba Rao & Kumari) V.Singh
  • Hook.f.
    • (Lebrun & Touss.) Sebald
    • (Baker) Sebald
  • Vatke
  • Billmore & Hemadri
  • Hedge & Sebald
  • Benth.
  • Sebald
  • Peyr.
  • (Sebald) Bramley
  • Hook.f.
    • Hook.f.
  • (Balf.f.) Gürke
  • Bramley
  • (Vahl) Sm.
  • Vatke
  • Leucas hagghierensis Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
  • Hook.f.
  • Desf.
  • Haines
  • (Wild) Sebald
  • (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng.
  • Sebald
  • Benth.
  • Benth.
  • Baker
  • Leucas kishenensis (Radcl.-Sm.) Sebald
  • Desf.
  • Benth.
  • Desf.
  • Sm.
  • Leucas longifolia Benth.
  • Blatt. & Hallb.
  • N.P.Singh
  • Desf.
  • (Jacq.) R.Br.
  • Oliv.
    • (Bullock) Sebald
    • (Baker) Sebald
  • Sunojk.
  • Baker
    • (Robyns & Lebrun) Sebald
  • Gürke
  • Chiov.
  • Bramley
  • (Roth) Spreng.
  • Subba Rao & Kumari
  • Sebald
  • Benth.
  • Courbai
  • Courbon
  • Benth.
  • (Roth) Spreng.
  • Gürke
    • (C.H.Wright ex Baker) Sebald
  • Hook.f.
    • (A.Chev.) Sebald
  • Benth.
  • Sebald
  • (Kuntze) Baker
  • Leucas penduliflora Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
  • Benth.
  • (Hook.f.) Gamble
  • Bramley
  • Benth.
  • Benth.
  • (Benth.) Gürke
  • Gürke
  • Leucas samhaensis Cortés-Burns & A.G.Mill.
  • Sunojk.
  • Skan
  • Sunojk.
  • Vatke
  • Sebald
  • Leucas spiculifera (Balf.f.) Guerke
  • (Balf.f.) Gürke
  • (Benth.) Hochst. ex Briq.
  • Wall. ex Benth.
  • Gürke
  • Benth.
  • Sebald
  • Benth.
  • Benth.
  • Vatke
  • Gürke
  • Sebald
  • (Vahl) Sm.
  • Robyns & Lebrun
  • Gürke
  • Benth.
    • Hook.f.
    • Hook.f.
    • Hook.f.
  • Leucas virgata Balf.f.
  • Gürke
  • Gürke
  • Wall. ex Benth.
  • Sebald
  • Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T.Aiton
    • (Benth.) Hook.f.

A new species, Sunojk., has recently been described and is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Leucas". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ "Leucas". The Plant List. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  4. ^ 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.


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