- Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Achyrospermum Blume
[LKGF]
Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley & Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Morphology Leaves
- Toothed, petiolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Distinct from and much smaller than the leaves, mostly broadly ovate to oblate, often caducous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Fruiting calyx
- 5-lobed, lobes subequal or unequal (3/2)
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Weakly 2-lipped, 4-lobed (1/3), reddish to purple to white or sometimes red, posterior lip short, emarginate, scarcely hooded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Not or shortly exserted, thecae confluent
- Morphology General Habit
- Woody herbs or shrubs, often scandent, with simple hairs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes equal or slightly unequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets with scales in apical half, mostly with sessile glands. 2n = 28, 84, 88
- Distribution
- Up to about 25 spp., tropical Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Comores, from Nepal and NE India to S China and Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Terminal and/or axillary, thyrsoid, dense
[FTEA]
Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Achyrospermum, R.M. Polhill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Morphology General Habit
- Woody herbs or shrubs, sometimes scandent, with an indumentum of simple hairs and often some small sessile glands particularly evident on the corolla
- Morphology Stem
- Stems rounded to subquadrangular
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, petiolate, toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary, thyrsoid, dense; bracts distinct from and much smaller than leaves, oblanceolate to broadly elliptic or oblate, subtending 3–8 flowers; bracteoles smaller or not evident
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed; lobes subequal or the anterior 2 set lower and a little smaller
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, 4-lobed, white to purple or pink to red; posterior lip short, emarginate, scarcely hooded; anterior lip with a jaw-like anterior lobe and 2 small rounded-triangular lateral lobes, usually pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, rather shortly exserted, the posterior pair a little shorter; thecae confluent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style gynobasic, bifid, branches equal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets with scales on upper half, sometimes with sessile glands.
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Marianas
- Achyrospermum aethiopicum Welw.
- Achyrospermum africanum Hook.f. ex Baker
- Achyrospermum axillare E.A.Bruce
- Achyrospermum carvalhoi Gürke
- Achyrospermum ciliatum Gürke
- Achyrospermum cryptanthum Baker
- Achyrospermum dasytrichum Perkins
- Achyrospermum densiflorum Blume
- Achyrospermum erythobotrys Perkins
- Achyrospermum fruticosum Benth.
- Achyrospermum laterale Baker
- Achyrospermum micranthum Perkins
- Achyrospermum mildbraedii Perkins
- Achyrospermum oblongifolium Baker
- Achyrospermum parviflorum S.Moore
- Achyrospermum purpureum Phillipson
- Achyrospermum scandens Polhill
- Achyrospermum schimperi (Hochst. ex Briq.) Perkins
- Achyrospermum schlechteri Gürke
- Achyrospermum seychellarum Baker
- Achyrospermum tisserantii Letouzey
- Achyrospermum urens Baker
Achyrospermum Blume appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2008 | Zapfack, L. [898], Cameroon | K000437055 | ||
| Nigeria | 2726.000 |
First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 840 (1826)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- E. A. Bruce in Kew Bull. 1936: 47.
- Perkins in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 8: 78 (1921)
- —F.T.A. 5: 463
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bijdr.: 840 (1826)
- Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 216 (2004)
- K.B. 1936: 47–60 (1936)
- Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 216 (2004)
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Achyrospermum Blume, Bijdr.: 840 (1826)
- Bruce, Bull. Misc. Inform. 1936: 47-60 (1936).
- 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
- Lamprostachys Bojer ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 457 (1848).
- Siphotoxis Bojer ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 457 (1848).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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