- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Loxocalyx Hemsl.

[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs, often with slender rhizomes, pubescent with simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves ovate-acuminate, toothed, long-petiolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence thyrsoid, with cymes up to 3-flowered, or racemoid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2-lipped, 5-lobed (3/2), lobes spiny, unequal, anterior lip longer
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla strongly 2-lipped, 4-lobed (1/3), pink to dark purple, posterior lip long, hooded
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens not exserted from corolla, thecae weakly distinct
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets truncate to rounded, eglandular hairy or glabrous.
- Note
- About three species.
- Ecology
- Forest and stream sides
- Distribution
- China and Japan. The only Japanese species L. ambiguus (Makino) Makino, is often placed in Lamium.
Native to:
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan
Loxocalyx Hemsl. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 308 (1890)
Accepted by
- 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
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- 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
- Loxocalyx Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26: 308 (1890).
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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