Syncolostemon Explained

Syncolostemon (sagebushes) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It is native primarily to South Africa, with some species in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (including Madagascar), plus one species in India.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species[1]
  1. Syncolostemon albiflorus (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Transvaal, Eswatini
  2. Syncolostemon argenteus N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Syncolostemon bolusii (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Syncolostemon bracteosus (Benth.) D.F.Otieno - widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Syncolostemon canescens (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa
  6. Syncolostemon cinereum (Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief - South Africa
  7. Syncolostemon comosus (Wight ex Benth.) D.F.Otieno - southern India
  8. Syncolostemon comptonii Codd - Eswatini
  9. Syncolostemon concinnus N.E.Br. - Eswatini, South Africa
  10. Syncolostemon densiflorus Benth. - South Africa
  11. Syncolostemon elliottii (Baker) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Transvaal
  12. Syncolostemon eriocephalus Verd. - Northern Province of South Africa
  13. Syncolostemon flabellifolius (S.Moore) A.J.Paton - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
  14. Syncolostemon floccosus (Launert) D.F.Otieno - Namibia
  15. Syncolostemon foliosus (S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
  16. Syncolostemon gerrardii (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - South Africa
  17. Syncolostemon incanus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  18. Syncolostemon latidens (N.E.Br.) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
  19. Syncolostemon linearis (Benth.) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe
  20. Syncolostemon macranthus (Gürke) Ashby - Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa
  21. Syncolostemon macrophyllus Gürke - South Africa
  22. Syncolostemon madagascariensis (A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno - Madagascar
  23. Syncolostemon modestus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
  24. Syncolostemon namapaensis D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Tanzania
  25. Syncolostemon obermeyerae (M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  26. Syncolostemon oritrephes (Wild) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
  27. Syncolostemon ornatus (S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe
  28. Syncolostemon parviflorus E.Mey. ex Benth. - Eswatini, South Africa
  29. Syncolostemon parvifolius (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  30. Syncolostemon persimilis (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  31. Syncolostemon petiolatus (Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique
  32. Syncolostemon pretoriae (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
  33. Syncolostemon punctatus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  34. Syncolostemon ramosus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
  35. Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  36. Syncolostemon rehmannii (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  37. Syncolostemon rotundifolius E.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  38. Syncolostemon rugosifolius (M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  39. Syncolostemon stalmansii (A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno - Mpumalanga, Eswatini
  40. Syncolostemon stenophyllus (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
  41. Syncolostemon subvelutinus (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  42. Syncolostemon teucriifolius (Hochst.) D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  43. Syncolostemon thorncroftii (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  44. Syncolostemon transvaalensis (Schltr.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
  45. Syncolostemon welwitschii (Rolfe) D.F.Otieno - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=198987 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  3. Donald F. Otieno, Kevin Balkwill, Alan J. Paton & Vincent Savolainen. 2006. A Reassessment of Hemizygia and Syncolostemon (Ocimeae-Lamiaceae). Taxon 55:941-958
  4. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1237 Flora of Zimbabwe
  5. http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Syncolostemon_Genus.asp Zipcodezoo