Lagochilus Explained

Lagochilus is a genus of the mint family that contains Turkistan mint (Lagochilus inebrians).^{[1] [2]} It is native to central, south-central, and eastern Asia (Iran,^[3] Pakistan, Kazakhstan,^[4] Mongolia, China, etc.).^{[5] [6]}

Etymology of genus name

The genus name Lagochilus is derived from the Greek elements λαγός (lagos) "hare" and χείλος (ch(e)ilos) "lip" (in reference to a perceived resemblance between the shape of the corolla and the cleft lip of a hare).^[7]

Species^[5]

1. Lagochilus acutilobus (Ledeb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
2. Lagochilus alutaceus Bunge — Iran
3. Lagochilus androssowii Knorring — Kazakhstan
4. Lagochilus aucheri Boiss. — Iran
5. Lagochilus balchanicus Czerniak. — Turkmenistan
6. Lagochilus botschantzevii Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
7. Lagochilus bungei Benth. — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
8. Lagochilus cabulicus Benth. — Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas of northern India, Turkmenistan
9. Lagochilus cuneatus Benth. — Afghanistan, Pakistan
10. Lagochilus diacanthophyllus (Pall.) Benth. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
11. Lagochilus drobovii Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Kyrgyzstan
12. Lagochilus grandiflorus C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan — Xinjiang
13. Lagochilus gypsaceus Vved. — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
14. Lagochilus hindukushi Kamelin & Gubanov — Afghanistan
15. Lagochilus hirsutissimus Vved — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
16. Lagochilus hirtus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang
17. Lagochilus hispidus (Bél.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Iran
18. Lagochilus ilicifolius Bunge ex Benth. — Tuva Republic in Russia, Mongolia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi
19. Lagochilus inebrians Bunge — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
20. Lagochilus kaschgaricus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
21. Lagochilus knorringianus Pavlov — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
22. Lagochilus kschtutensis Knorring — Tajikistan
23. Lagochilus lanatonodus C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan — Xinjiang
24. Lagochilus leiacanthus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
25. Lagochilus longidentatus Knorring — Kazakhstan
26. Lagochilus macracanthus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Iran
27. Lagochilus nevskii Knorring — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
28. Lagochilus occultiflorus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
29. Lagochilus olgae Kamelin — Uzbekistan
30. Lagochilus paulsenii Briq. — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
31. Lagochilus platyacanthus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan
32. Lagochilus platycalyx Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
33. Lagochilus proskorjakovii Ikramov — Uzbekistan
34. Lagochilus pubescens Vved. — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
35. Lagochilus pulcher Knorring — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
36. Lagochilus pungens Schrenk — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
37. Lagochilus quadridentatus Jamzad — Iran
38. Lagochilus schugnanicus Knorring — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan
39. Lagochilus seravschanicus Knorring — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
40. Lagochilus setulosus Vved. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
41. Lagochilus subhispidus Knorring — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
42. Lagochilus taukumensis Tzukerv. — Kazakhstan
43. Lagochilus turkestanicus Knorring — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
44. Lagochilus vvedenskyi Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Uzbekistan
45. Lagochilus xianjiangensis G.J.Liu - Xinjiang

Notes and References

1. http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/golden_guide/golden_guide.pdf Golden Guide, Books Online
2. http://www.sagewisdom.org/lagochilus.html Sage Wisdom
3. Z. . Jamzad . The genus Lagochilus (Labiatae) in Iran . Iran J. Bot. . 4 . 1 . 91–103 . 1988 .
4. Aimenova . Z.E. . Eshibaev . A.A. . Zaynutdinov . U.N. . Research of areas of distribution of valuable medicinal species of plants of Lagochilus Bunge (Lamiaceae) genus of South Kazakhstan territory . Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Biology and Medical Sciences; Vienna, Austria. 13 January 2015 . 4–9 .
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=107231 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. Book: Lagochilus Bunge ex Bentham, Labiat. Gen. Spec. 640. 1834.; 兔唇花属 tu chun hua shu . http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=117497 . Flora of China . 17 . 166 . Efloras.org.
7. Mamadalieva NZ, Akramov DK, Wessjohann LA, Hussain H, Long C, Tojibaev KS, Alshammari E, Ashour ML, Wink M . The Genus Lagochilus (Lamiaceae): A Review of Its Diversity, Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology . Plants (Basel) . 10 . 1 . January 2021 . 33440727 . 7826601 . 10.3390/plants10010132 . free.