Lycopus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 21 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to NW. Africa, E. & SE. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

New Zealand North, Nova Scotia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Euhemus Raf., Autik. Bot.: 115 (1840).
  • 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
  • Henderson, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 68: 95-138 (1962), rev.
  • L., Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 12 (1754)
  • Lycopus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 21 (1753)
  • Phytosalpinx Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 2 (1917), nom. illeg.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2013 Maire, R.P. [s.n.] China K000938240 No
Davis; Polunin, O. [24770b] Türkiye K005090922 No
Shahwani, A. [25235] Iraq K005090951 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K005091067 No
Griffith [764] Afghanistan K005090942 No
s.coll. [3064] K005091063 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K005091068 No
Zohary, D.; Amdursky, I. [s.n.] Israel K005090940 No
Botany staff [47188] Iraq K005090953 No
Crisp, P. [130] Iran K005090936 No
Davis [47779] Türkiye K005090926 No
Thamer [46654] Iraq K005090957 No
Davis; Dodds [20826] Türkiye K005090919 No
Yerry, V [s.n.] Northern America K000929981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H.; Hedge, I.C. [D32736] Türkiye K005090921 No
Ohwi, J. [s.n.] Japan K005091069 No
Zohary, D.; Amdursky, I. [s.n.] Israel K005090931 No
Griffith [472] Afghanistan K005090943 No
Schweinitz, L.D. [s.n.] Northern America K000929980 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5198] Iraq K005090954 No
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [1653] Afghanistan K005090941 No
Wiedemann (Dr.) [297] Türkiye K005090946 No
Sintenis, P. [1175] Türkiye K005090929 No
Faurie [13720] Japan K005091064 No
Wheeler Haines, R. [W804] Iraq K005090958 No
Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [540] Türkiye K005090930 No
Davis; Coode [D38957] Türkiye K005090927 No
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K005090938 No
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [3015b] West Bank K005090932 No
Elliott, S. [s.n.] K000929984 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [5328] Iraq K005090955 No
Berkeley, M.J. [s.n.] K000929983 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Alizzi D]; Omar, S. [35293] Iraq K005090950 No
Manoog Haradjian [4543] Syria K005090937 No
Davis [16112] Türkiye K005090924 No
Giles, J.J. [104] United Kingdom K001419110 Yes
Faurie [1255] Japan K005091061 No
Faurie [4850] Japan K005091058 No
Manissadjian [1027] Türkiye K005090948 No
Davis [13913] Türkiye K005090923 No
Sintenis, P. [1174] Türkiye K005090947 No
Drummond, T. [s.n.] United States K000929979 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tanquet, E.J. [1494] Korea, South K000929971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Elliott, S. [s.n.] K000929982 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zorab, M. [528] Türkiye K005090928 No
Taquet [1485] K005091059 No
s.coll. [951] K005091062 No
Siehe, W. [311] Türkiye K005090925 No
Al-Khayat; Al-Kaisi; Thamir [46309] Iraq K005090952 No
Davis [47815] Türkiye K005090920 No
Elliott, S. [s.n.] K000929985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pierce, C.S.; Brenan, J.B.E. [5Beks] Türkiye K005090917 No
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] K005090933 No
Davis; Polunin, O. [24771] Türkiye K005090949 No
[Burge] [s.n.] K005091066 No
Taquet [3103] K005091060 No
Davis, P.H.; Hedge, I.C. [D30070] Türkiye K005090918 No
Hay, W.R. [359] Afghanistan K005090945 No
Faurie [4868] Japan K005091065 No
Guest, E.R. [1626] Iraq K005090956 No
Regel, A. [s.n.] K005090934 No
Hay, W.R. [432] Afghanistan K005090944 No
Cavalerie, J. [428] China K000929970 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smolly, E. [s.n.] Jordan K005090935 No

Sources

  • 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