Leucas martinicensis

Leucas martinicensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Leucadeae
Genus: Leucas
Species: Leucas martinicensis

Name

Leucas martinicensis R.Br., 1810

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Clinopodium martinicense Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 25 (1760).
• Homotypic
  • Phlomis martinicensis (Jacq.) Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 88 (1788).
  • Leonotis martinicensis (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Strelitzia 29: 809 (2012).
• Heterotypic
  • Phlomis caribaea Jacq., Collectanea 1: 154 (1787).
  • Phlomis mollis Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 263 (1827).
  • Stachys fluminensis Vell., Fl. Flumin. 6: t. 1, 241 (1829).
  • Leonotis caribea (Jacq.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 88 (1837).
  • Leucas schimperi Hochst. ex A.Braun, Flora 24(1): 279 (1841), nom. nud.
  • Leucas elliotii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 477 (1900).
  • Leucas martinicensis var. schimperi Fiori, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 372 (1913).
  • Leucas ringoetii De Wild., Contr. Fl. Katanga: 169 (1921).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Malaya, Queensland, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 504.

Additional references

• 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. 
• Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Leucas martinicensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Leucas martinicensis. 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 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Leucas martinicensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Leucas martinicensis. Published online. Accessed: Mar 27 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Leucas martinicensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: whitewort Kreyòl
svenska: Bolldån
中文: 卵叶白绒草

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