Premna L.

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Florida, Line Is.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Flora of West Tropical Africa

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Flora Zambesiaca

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Flora of Somalia

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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

• Baldingera Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 31 (1818).
• Gumira Rumph. ex Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 26 (1842).
• Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
• Holochiloma Hochst., Flora 24: 371 (1841).
• Munir, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 7(1), reg. rev.
• Premna L., Mant. ii, 154, 252 (1771)
• Pygmaeopremna Merr., Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 225 (1910).
• Scobia Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 3 (1790).
• Scrophularioides G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 91 (1786), nom. nud.
• Solia Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 3 (1790).
• Surfacea Moldenke, Phytologia 46: 59 (1980).
• Tatea F.Muell., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 6: 33 (1883).