Orthosiphon

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Orthosiphon
Orthosiphon stamineus.jpg
Orthosiphon stamineus[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Genus: Orthosiphon
Benth. 1830
Synonyms[2]

Clerodendranthus Kudô

Orthosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Africa, Southern Asia and Queensland, with one species (O. americanus) in Colombia.[2][3] They are herbaceous shrubs which grow to a height of 1.5 m (5 ft). Some Orthosiphon species are popular garden plants because of their flowers, which are white and bluish with filaments resembling a cat's whiskers. In the wild, the plants can be seen growing in forests and along roadsides.

Common names in Southeast Asia are Misai Kucing (Malaysia), Kumis Kucing and Remujung (Indonesia), and Yaa Nuat Maeo (Thailand).

Species[]

  1. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  2. (C.H.Wright) Codd - from Zaire + Tanzania to Zimbabwe
  3. Harley & A.J.Paton - Colombia
  4. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  5. Orthosiphon aristatus aka Orthosiphon stamineus (Blume) Miq. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in Fiji
  6. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  7. Chiov. - Somalia
  8. Gürke - Tanzania
  9. (I.M.Johnst.) A.J.Paton - Angola
  10. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  11. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  12. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  13. Orthosiphon ferrugineus Balf.f. - Socotra
  14. Codd - Northern Province of South Africa
  15. C.E.C.Fisch - Assam, Ranong Province of southern Thailand
  16. (Baker) A.J.Paton - Kenya, Tanzania
  17. Danguy - Madagascar
  18. Benth. in N.Wallich - Himalayas from Nepal to Myanmar
  19. Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam
  20. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  21. Briq. - Angola
  22. G.Taylor - Angola, Zambia
  23. Royle ex Benth. - tropical + eastern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, India, Pakistan
  24. Prain - Myanmar, Thailand
  25. Vatke - Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
  26. Suddee - Thailand
  27. Hook.f. - Assam
  28. Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Thailand, Vietnam
  29. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  30. (D.Don) Benth. - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina
  31. G.Taylor - Angola, Zambia
  32. A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar
  33. Benth. - Himalayas
  34. A.J.Paton - Tanzania, Mozambique
  35. Benth. - tropical + southern Africa from Guinea to Somalia south to Transvaal
  36. A.J.Paton - Tanzania
  37. (Roth) Sleesen - tropical Africa, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Java
  38. † Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam but believed to be extinct
  39. Codd - Swaziland
  40. Briq - Angola
  41. Prain - Assam
  42. (Diels) Hand.-Mazz. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan

  • flower in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India

  • Orthosiphon thymiflorus herb in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India

References[]

  1. ^ illustration from Joseph Dalton Hooker - Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 96 ser. 3 nr. 26 tabl. 5833 (1870)
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 298 鸡脚参属 ji jiao shen shu Orthosiphon Bentham, Edward's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1300. 1830.

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