Lamiaceae

Scutellaria L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 598 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 461.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Paton in Kew Bull. 47: 41–48 (1992).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 260 (1754)
  • K.B. 45: 399–450 (1990)
  • K.B. 47: 41–48 (1992)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 211 (2004)
  • Sp. Pl.: 598 (1753)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Anaspis Rech.f., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 630 (1941).
  • Cruzia Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 90: 558 (1895).
  • Harlanlewisia Epling, Amer. J. Bot. 42: 436 (1955).
  • 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
  • Hastifolia Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 148 (1789).
  • L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 260 (1754)
  • Paton, Kew Bull. 45: 399-450 (1990), rev.
  • Perilomia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 326 (1818).
  • Salazaria Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2: 133 (1858).
  • Scutellaria L., Sp. Pl. 2: 598 (1753)
  • Theresa Clos in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 4: 496 (1849).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 31, 2017 Hahn; Tredwell; Collings [122] Peru K001611459 Yes
Jul 23, 2015 Julius, A. [FRI56240] Malaysia K000734888 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 MIller, J.S. [2240] Ecuador K000509548 No
Jan 1, 2008 Mantuano, M [42] Ecuador K000509531 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sagastegui, A. [14314] Peru K000509550 No
Jan 1, 2008 Ceron, C.E. [18046] Ecuador K000509530 No
Jun 27, 2007 Hatschbach, G. [78886] Brazil K000479315 Yes
Sep 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9990] Cameroon K000106205 No
Jan 1, 2000 Sands, M.J.S. [6842] Indonesia K000824627 No
Jan 1, 2000 Mayar, U.W. [433] Indonesia K000824626 No
May 1, 1964 Usteri, A. [281L] Indonesia K000826987 No
Mar 1, 1964 Newton, F. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826988 No
Jan 1, 1928 Kornassi [487] Indonesia K000826985 No
Jan 1, 1927 Schiede [s.n.] Mexico K000485422 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1927 Galeotti, H.G. [681] Mexico K000485424 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1927 Linden, J. [123] Mexico K000485423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1918 Winckel, W.F. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826977 No
Jan 1, 1917 Hallier, J.G. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826978 No
May 1, 1914 Usteri, A. [158] Indonesia K000826972 No
Spanoghe, J.B. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826980 No
Goetze [1265] Tanzania K000193054 Type Yes
Parsa, A. [862] Iran K000906326 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lobb, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826981 No
Lobb, T. [120] Indonesia K000826991 No
Wallich, N. [2134] Bangladesh K000820797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2134] Nepal K000820801 Unknown Type Material Yes
Winterbottom [s.n.] Indonesia K000826979 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2140] K001115291 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher; Eloy [1607] Lebanon K000315829 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2136] Sri Lanka K001115282 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royen, P., van; Sleumer, H. [7661] Indonesia K000824628 No
Taquet, T. [3088] Korea, South K000906347 Type Yes
Beusekom, C.F. Van; Charoenpol, C. [1760] Thailand K001053606 Yes
Kotschy [247] Lebanon K000315825 No
Ehrenberg, C.G. [113] Lebanon K000315826 No
Wallich, N. [2134] Bangladesh K000820798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Junghuhn, F.; Bentheim, F., van [21] Indonesia K000826982 No
Horsfield, T. [1422] Indonesia K000826974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826990 No
Kotschy, K.G.T. [699] Cyprus K000906337 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2135] K001115280 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kostermans, A. [18661] Indonesia K000826968 No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5162] Tanzania K000190390 No
Aucher; Eloy [1610] Lebanon K000315828 No
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826989 No
s.coll. [754] Lebanon K000315830 No
Feilden, G.St., Clair [s.n.] Cyprus K000906336 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2140] India K001115289 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1687] Armenia K000297318 No
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 2134] K001115279 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [568] Iran K000906245 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2134] Nepal K000820800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [10066] Syria K000315832 No
Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1672] Armenia K000297338 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2136] K001115281 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie, J. [2105] China K000906298 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2134] Nepal K000639588 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [2348] Colombia K000485398 Isotype Yes
Lack, A.; Grimes, J. [1719] Indonesia K000824590 No
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [5158] Iran K000906244 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2140] Nepal K001115290 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [2140] Nepal K000820743 Unknown Type Material Yes
Esquirol, ,, J.H. [291] China K000906297 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [392] Indonesia K000826975 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2141] Nepal K001115297 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kostermans, A. [18500] Indonesia K000826971 No
Taquet, T. [3089] Korea, South K000906345 Type Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [392] Indonesia K000826986 No
s.coll. [1834] Syria K000315873 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826976 No
Junghuhn, F.; Bentheim, F., van [28] Indonesia K000826983 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2140] Bangladesh K001115292 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cordeiro, I. [1425] Brazil K001220490 Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [5158] Iran K000906243 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [699] Cyprus K000906335 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2136] K001115283 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2141] Nepal K001115294 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nguyen Van Du; Rattana, C.B. [VN120] Cambodia K001053645 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2141] K001115296 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmuller, J. [1292] Lebanon K000315831 No
s.coll. [1191] Korea, South K000906300 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1069] Lebanon K000315827 No
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss, C.B. [s.n.] Indonesia K000826984 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2140] Nepal K001115293 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyma, P.J. [388] Indonesia K000826970 No
Kostermans, A. [18770] Indonesia K000826969 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2141] Burma K001115295 Unknown Type Material Yes
Silva, F.de [2134] Bangladesh K000820799 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill, E.D. [2014] China K000906299 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0