- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Moluccella L.

[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
- Annual or sometimes short-lived perennial herbs, subglabrous or very sparsely pubescent with simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves toothed, petiolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence thyrsoid, cymes 3-4-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles short, spinose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2-lipped, very widely campanulate, recurved, 5-8 (-10)-lobed, lobes subulate-spinose or obsolete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla strongly 2-lipped, 4-lobed (1/3), white or pink, posterior lip long, hooded, densely pubescent outside
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens not exserted from corolla, thecae weakly distinct
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes equal or slightly unequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets sharply triquetrous, truncate and with sessile glands at apex.
- Note
- Two species.
- Ecology
- Rocks and disturbed ground
- Distribution
- Native to Southern Europe to Central Asia, M. laevis L. often cultivated and naturalized in other warm regions such as Tropical Africa, Australia, Southwestern U.S.A. and Southern South America
[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
- Subshrub, glabrous or with few, simple hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves subsessile, narrow, entire, spinulose at apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence lax, thyrsoid, cymes up to 5-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles 3-partite, spinose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, recurved, 7-10-lobed, lobes irregularly unequal, spreading, spinose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla strongly 2-lipped, 4-lobed (1/3), white, posterior lip long, hooded, densely pubescent outside
- 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 angular, truncate at apex.
- Note
- One species, S. otostegioides (Prain) Hedge
- Ecology
- Dry places
- Distribution
- Pakistan (Sulaiman Ranges).
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sicilia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Baleares, California, Kenya, Krym, Mexico Central, Minnesota, Morocco, Nevada, New York, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Texas, Ukraine, Utah, Venezuela
Moluccella L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 587 (1753)
Accepted by
- Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, O. (2011). An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae Taxon 60: 471-484.
- 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
- Chasmonia C.Presl, Fl. Sicul., Praef.: xxxvii (1826).
- 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
- Molucca Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
- Moluccella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753).
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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