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]
- Syncolostemon albiflorus (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Transvaal, Eswatini
- Syncolostemon argenteus N.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon bolusii (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon bracteosus (Benth.) D.F.Otieno - widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa
- Syncolostemon canescens (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon cinereum (Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief - South Africa
- Syncolostemon comosus (Wight ex Benth.) D.F.Otieno - southern India
- Syncolostemon comptonii Codd - Eswatini
- Syncolostemon concinnus N.E.Br. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon densiflorus Benth. - South Africa
- Syncolostemon elliottii (Baker) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Transvaal
- Syncolostemon eriocephalus Verd. - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon flabellifolius (S.Moore) A.J.Paton - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon floccosus (Launert) D.F.Otieno - Namibia
- Syncolostemon foliosus (S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon gerrardii (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - South Africa
- Syncolostemon incanus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon latidens (N.E.Br.) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon linearis (Benth.) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon macranthus (Gürke) Ashby - Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa
- Syncolostemon macrophyllus Gürke - South Africa
- Syncolostemon madagascariensis (A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno - Madagascar
- Syncolostemon modestus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon namapaensis D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Tanzania
- Syncolostemon obermeyerae (M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon oritrephes (Wild) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon ornatus (S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon parviflorus E.Mey. ex Benth. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon parvifolius (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon persimilis (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon petiolatus (Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique
- Syncolostemon pretoriae (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon punctatus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon ramosus (Codd) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon ramulosus E.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon rehmannii (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon rotundifolius E.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon rugosifolius (M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon stalmansii (A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno - Mpumalanga, Eswatini
- Syncolostemon stenophyllus (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon subvelutinus (Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon teucriifolius (Hochst.) D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Syncolostemon thorncroftii (N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon transvaalensis (Schltr.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon welwitschii (Rolfe) D.F.Otieno - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=198987 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 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.
- Donald F. Otieno, Kevin Balkwill, Alan J. Paton & Vincent Savolainen. 2006. A Reassessment of Hemizygia and Syncolostemon (Ocimeae-Lamiaceae). Taxon 55:941-958
- http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1237 Flora of Zimbabwe
- http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Syncolostemon_Genus.asp Zipcodezoo