Leucas Explained
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.[1]
Species
The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names):
- Leucas abyssinica
- var. argyrophylla var. brachycalyx Leucas aequistylosa
- Leucas aggerestris
- Leucas alba
- Leucas alluaudii
- Leucas anandaraoana
- Leucas angularis
- Leucas angustissima
- Leucas argentea
- Leucas bakeri
- Leucas beddomei
- Leucas biflora
- Leucas bracteosa
- Leucas calostachys
- var. schweinfurthii Leucas capensis
- Leucas cephalantha
- Leucas cephalotes
- Leucas chinensis
- f. riukiuensis Leucas ciliata
- Leucas clarkei
- Leucas collettii
- Leucas cuneifolia
- Leucas decemdentata
- var. angustifolia var. sebastiana Leucas deflexa
- var. biglomerulata var. deflexa
- var. kondowensis Leucas densiflora
- Leucas deodikarii
- Leucas dhofarensis
- Leucas diffusa
- Leucas discolor
- Leucas ebracteata
- Leucas ellipticifolia
- Leucas eriostoma
- Leucas fulvipila
- Leucas glabrata
- Leucas grandis
- Leucas hagghierensis
- Leucas helferi
- Leucas helianthemifolia
- Leucas helicterifolia
- Leucas hephaestis
- Leucas hirta
- Leucas hirundinaris
- Leucas hyssopifolia
- Leucas inflata
- Leucas jamesii
- Leucas kishenensis
- Leucas lamiifolia
- Leucas lanata
- Leucas lanceifolia
- Leucas lavandulifolia
- Leucas longifolia
- Leucas macrantha
- Leucas manipurensis
- Leucas marrubioides
- Leucas martinicensis
- Leucas masaiensis
- var. tricrenata var. venulosa Leucas mathewiana
- Leucas menthifolia
- var. fulva var. menthifolia
- Leucas milanjiana
- Leucas minimifolia
- Leucas minutiflora
- Leucas montana
- Leucas mukerjiana
- Leucas mwingensis
- Leucas nepetifolia
- Leucas neufliseana
- Leucas neuflizeana
- Leucas nubica
- Leucas nutans
- Leucas nyassae
- var. velutina Leucas oligocephala
- var. bowalensis var. oligocephala
- Leucas ovata
- Leucas pearsonii
- Leucas pechuelii
- Leucas penduliflora
- Leucas pilosa
- Leucas prostrata
- Leucas pseudoglabrata
- Leucas pubescens
- Leucas rosmarinifolia
- Leucas royleoides
- Leucas ruspoliana
- Leucas samhaensis
- Leucas sebaldiana
- Leucas sexdentata
- Leucas sivadasaniana
- Leucas somalensis
- Leucas songeana
- Leucas spiculifera
- Leucas spiculifolia
- Leucas stachydiformis
- Leucas stelligera
- Leucas stormsii
- Leucas stricta
- Leucas subarcuata
- Leucas suffruticosa
- Leucas teres
- Leucas tettensis
- Leucas tomentosa
- Leucas tsavoensis
- Leucas urticifolia
- Leucas urundensis
- Leucas usagarensis
- Leucas vestita
- Leucas volkensii
- Leucas welwitschii
- Leucas wightiana
- Leucas wilsonii
- Leucas zeylanica
A new species, Leucas sahyadriensis Sunojk., has recently been described and is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.[2]
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=111610 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Sunojkumar. Purayidathkandy. 2019-03-27. Leucas sahyadriensis (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) an overlooked new endemic species from India and notes on Leucas chinensis. Phytotaxa. en. 399. 3. 187–194. 10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.2. 109864501 . 1179-3163.
