Lamiaceae

Orthosiphon Benth.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1300 (1830)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Colombia, Tropical & S. Africa to NE. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Fiji, Niue, Samoa

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: 365.

Flora of Somalia

  • Ashby in J. Bot. Lond. 76: 1–48 (1938).
  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bothalia 8: 147–162 (1964), excl. subgen. Nautochilus sensu stricto
  • Edward’s Bot. Reg., t. 1300 (1830)
  • J.B. 76: 1–10, 39–48 (1938), excl. sect. Serrati
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 261 (2004)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Clerodendranthus Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 117 (1929).
  • Codd, Bothalia 12: 21-27 (1976), rev.
  • 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
  • Paton, Kew Bull. 53: 483-485 (1998).
  • Syncolostemon E. Mey. ex Benth. in E.Mey, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 230 (1837)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2012 Hemp, A. [5674] Tanzania K000735702 No
Jan 1, 1995 Nevers, G.de; Charnley, S. [3332] Tanzania K000467380 No
van der Zon, A.P.M. [385] Benin K001269696 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2721] India K001116945 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pawek, J. [1646] Malawi K005416294 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2721] India K001116943 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [4369] Malawi K005416292 Yes
Procter, J. [3612] Tanzania K000467382 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7902] Tanzania K:SPC-27184.000 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2273] Tanzania K:SPC-04782.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2721] Burma K001116942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coode, M.; Cropley, T.; Katik, P. [NGF29713] Papua New Guinea K000888376 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15240] Tanzania K000467381 No
Pawek, J. [10738] Malawi K005416293 Yes
Greenway [4081] Tanzania K000467383 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2721] India K001116944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cruse, A.W. [88A] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21926.000 No
Goyder, D.J.; Paton, A.J.; Tawakali, E.J. [3611] Malawi K005416295 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 2024. 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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