Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas lavandulifolia Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 20: n.° 2 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Fiji, KwaZulu-Natal, Malaya, New Caledonia, Queensland, Seychelles, Solomon Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bramley, G.L.C. & al. (eds.) in Ridley, H.N. (2022). Flora of the Malay Peninsula, ser. II, 9: 1-301. Authority of teh Government of the Straits Settlements.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mabberley, D.J. & De Kok, R.P.J. (2004). Labiatae. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances 25: 20-141. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bramley, G.L.C. & al. (eds.) in Ridley, H.N. (2022). Flora of the Malay Peninsula, ser. II, 9: 1-301. Authority of teh Government of the Straits Settlements.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
  • Khanman, M. & Abul Hassan, M. (2005). A critical study of the genus Leucas R.Br. (Lamiaceae) from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 12: 1-10.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mabberley, D.J. & De Kok, R.P.J. (2004). Labiatae. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances 25: 20-141. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Kessler, P. [698] Indonesia K000856592 No
Apr 1, 1938 Schiffner, V. [2473] Indonesia K000856605 No
Jan 1, 1928 Kornassi [831] Indonesia K000856604 No
Feb 15, 1923 Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. [2125] Indonesia K000856593 No
Jan 1, 1917 Koorders, S.H. [31306] Indonesia K000856598 No
Jan 1, 1917 Koorders, S.H. [23278] Indonesia K000856596 No
Jan 1, 1917 Koorders, S.H. [27177] Indonesia K000856595 No
Jan 1, 1917 Koorders, S.H. [27629] Indonesia K000856599 No
Michell, N. [s.n.] Philippines K000855685 No
Cuming, H. [709] Philippines K000855687 No
Merrill, E.D. [3451] Philippines K000855683 No
Robinson, H.C. [s.n.] Australia K000856590 No
Merrill, E.D. [2728] Philippines K000855684 No
via Eykman Intituut [Sarak VII] Indonesia K000856607 No
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000856606 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [16481] Philippines K000855693 No
Vidal, S. [3475] Philippines K000855694 No
Cuming, H. [709] Philippines K000855681 No
Edaño, G.E.; Gutierrez, H. [37764] Philippines K000855679 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000856603 No
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K000856591 No
Merrill, E.D. [1266] Philippines K000855691 No
Merrill, E.D. [1956] Philippines K000855689 No
Vidal, S. [3467] Philippines K000855682 No
Merrill, E.D. [347] Philippines K000855692 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000856600 No
Loher, A. [4204] Philippines K000855686 No
Hallier, J.G. [288a] Indonesia K000856594 No
McGregor, R.C. [45] Philippines K000855688 No
Merrill, E.D. [347] Philippines K000855690 No
Merrill, E.D. [324] Philippines K000855680 No
Zollinger, H. [770] Indonesia K000856601 No
via Eykman Intituut [Sarak VII] Indonesia K000856608 No
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000856602 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000856597 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114989 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114993 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114992 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114997 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114991 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114995 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114994 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2048] Leucas linifolia K001114988 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Leucas linifolia K000939450 No
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 2048] Mauritius Leucas linifolia K001114990 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images