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Description

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Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Inflorescence of few-many-flowered, often subspherical, whorls; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles linear, ascending. Calyx tubular, 10-nerved, straight or curved, with 5-10 equal or unequal spine-tipped teeth. Corolla 2-lipped, white; upper lip usually entire and hairy; lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe longest. Stamens 4.

Similar to the genus Acrotome. The differences are explained under that genus.

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Description

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Erect annual herb, up to 1m. Usually unbranched stems, finely hairy. Leaves opposite, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, margins coarsely serrate-crenate. Inflorescence of several spaced, many-flowered verticils with long thistle-like calyx teeth. Flowers small, white.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leucas martinicensis R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149300
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Frequency

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Common

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leucas martinicensis R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149300
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Worldwide distribution

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It is native to South America and the West Indies, and may be native or introduced in Africa.

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Leucas

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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]

Leucas abyssinica (Benth.) Briq.
- var. argyrophylla (Vatke) Sebald
- var. brachycalyx (Chiov.) Lanza
Leucas aequistylosa Sebald
Leucas aggerestris (Wild) Sebald
Leucas alba (Forssk.) Sebald
Leucas alluaudii Sacteux
Leucas anandaraoana Umam.Rao & P.Daniel
Leucas angularis Benth.
Leucas angustissima Sedgw.
Leucas argentea Gürke
- var. neumannii (Gürke) Sebald
Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
Leucas bakeri Hiern
Leucas beddomei (Hook.f.) Sunojk. & P.Mathew
Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm.
Leucas bracteosa Gürke
Leucas calostachys Oliv.
- var. schweinfurthii (Gürke) Sebald
Leucas capensis (Benth.) Engl.
Leucas cephalantha Baker
Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng.
Leucas chinensis (Retz.) Sm.
- f. riukiuensis (Ohwi) T.Yamaz.
Leucas ciliata Benth.
Leucas clarkei Hook.f.
Leucas collettii Prain
Leucas cuneifolia Baker
Leucas decemdentata (Willd.) Sm.
- var. angustifolia (Wall. ex Benth.) V.Singh
- var. sebastiana (Subba Rao & Kumari) V.Singh
Leucas deflexa Hook.f.
- var. biglomerulata (Lebrun & Touss.) Sebald
- var. deflexa
- var. kondowensis (Baker) Sebald
Leucas densiflora Vatke
Leucas deodikarii Billmore & Hemadri
Leucas dhofarensis Hedge & Sebald
Leucas diffusa Benth.
Leucas discolor Sebald
Leucas ebracteata Peyr.
Leucas ellipticifolia (Sebald) Bramley
Leucas eriostoma Hook.f.
- var. lanata Hook.f.
Leucas flagellifera (Balf.f.) Gürke
Leucas fulvipila Bramley
Leucas glabrata (Vahl) Sm.
Leucas grandis Vatke
Leucas hagghierensis Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
Leucas helferi Hook.f.
Leucas helianthemifolia Desf.
Leucas helicterifolia Haines
Leucas hephaestis (Wild) Sebald
Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng.
Leucas hirundinaris Sebald
Leucas hyssopifolia Benth.
Leucas inflata Benth.
Leucas jamesii Baker
Leucas kishenensis (Radcl.-Sm.) Sebald
Leucas lamiifolia Desf.
Leucas lanata Benth.
Leucas lanceifolia Desf.
Leucas lavandulifolia Sm.
Leucas longifolia Benth.
Leucas macrantha Blatt. & Hallb.
Leucas manipurensis N.P.Singh
Leucas marrubioides Desf.
Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R.Br.
Leucas masaiensis Oliv.
- var. tricrenata (Bullock) Sebald
- var. venulosa (Baker) Sebald
Leucas mathewiana Sunojk.
Leucas menthifolia Baker
- var. fulva (Robyns & Lebrun) Sebald
- var. menthifolia
Leucas milanjiana Gürke
Leucas minimifolia Chiov.
Leucas minutiflora Bramley
Leucas montana (Roth) Spreng.
Leucas mukerjiana Subba Rao & Kumari
Leucas mwingensis Sebald
Leucas nepetifolia Benth.
Leucas neufliseana Courbai
Leucas neuflizeana Courbon
Leucas nubica Benth.
Leucas nutans (Roth) Spreng.
Leucas nyassae Gürke
- var. velutina (C.H.Wright ex Baker) Sebald
Leucas oligocephala Hook.f.
- var. bowalensis (A.Chev.) Sebald
- var. oligocephala
Leucas ovata Benth.
Leucas pearsonii Sebald
Leucas pechuelii (Kuntze) Baker
Leucas penduliflora Al-Gifri & Cortés-Burns
Leucas pilosa Benth.
Leucas prostrata (Hook.f.) Gamble
Leucas pseudoglabrata Bramley
Leucas pubescens Benth.
Leucas rosmarinifolia Benth.
Leucas royleoides (Benth.) Gürke
Leucas ruspoliana Gürke
Leucas samhaensis Cortés-Burns & A.G.Mill.
Leucas sebaldiana Sunojk.
Leucas sexdentata Skan
Leucas sivadasaniana Sunojk.
Leucas somalensis Vatke
Leucas songeana Sebald
Leucas spiculifera (Balf.f.) Guerke
Leucas spiculifolia (Balf.f.) Gürke
Leucas stachydiformis (Benth.) Hochst. ex Briq.
Leucas stelligera Wall. ex Benth.
Leucas stormsii Gürke
Leucas stricta Benth.
Leucas subarcuata Sebald
Leucas suffruticosa Benth.
Leucas teres Benth.
Leucas tettensis Vatke
Leucas tomentosa Gürke
Leucas tsavoensis Sebald
Leucas urticifolia (Vahl) Sm.
Leucas urundensis Robyns & Lebrun
Leucas usagarensis Gürke
Leucas vestita Benth.
- var. angustifolia Hook.f.
- var. oblongifolia Hook.f.
- var. sericostoma Hook.f.
Leucas virgata Balf.f.
Leucas volkensii Gürke
Leucas welwitschii Gürke
Leucas wightiana Wall. ex Benth.
Leucas wilsonii Sebald
Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T.Aiton
- var. walkeri (Benth.) Hook.f.

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Leucas". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ "Leucas". The Plant List. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ 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. S2CID 109864501.

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Leucas: Brief Summary

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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.

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