Leonotis nepetifolia var. nepetifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R.Br. var. nepetifolia autonym

Heterotypic
- Phlomis spinosa Vand., Fasc. Pl.: 15 (1771).
- Leonurus marrubiastrum Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 436 (1790), sensu auct.
- Stachys mediterranea Vell., Fl. Flumin. 6: t. 2, 241 (1829).
- Leonotis ovata Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 250 (1837).
- Leonotis kwebensis N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 132 (1909).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, India, Nepal
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Aldabra, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Canary Is., China South-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, St.Helena, Sumatera, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Leonotis nepetifolia var. nepetifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Leonotis nepetifolia var. nepetifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Leonotis nepetifolia var. nepetifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2022.

English: Christmas candlestick
suomi: Palloleijonankorva
français: Bougeoir de Noël
hts: Amata