Lamiaceae

Pogostemon Desf.

First published in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 154 (1815)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cameroon to Chad and S. Tropical Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Gabon, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia

Introduced into:

Fiji, Samoa, Seychelles, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu

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 Tropical East Africa

  • Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. 10: 1–89 (1982)
  • Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond., Bot. 27: 77–148 (1997)
  • J.L.S. 128: 159–183 (1998)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Fl. Pl. 7: 214 (2004)
  • Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 154, t. 6 (1815)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Anuragia Raizada, Suppl. Duthie's Fl. Upper Gangetic Plain: 219 (1976), nom. illeg.
  • Bhatti & Ingrouille, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 27, 2: 77-148 (1997)
  • Chotekia Opiz & Corda, Flora 13: t. 33 (1830).
  • Dysophylla Blume, Bijdr.: 826 (1826).
  • Dysophylla El Gazzar & L.Watson ex Airy Shaw, Taxon 16: 190 (1967), nom. illeg.
  • Eusteralis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 95 (1837).
  • 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
  • Ingrouille & Bhatti, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 128: 159-183 (1998).
  • Pogostemon Desf., Mem. Mus. Hist. Mat. Paris 2: 154 (1815)
  • Wensea J.C.Wendl., Coll. Pl. 3: 24 (1819).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2019 Dalzellii [s.n.] India K001392421 Type Yes
Jul 20, 2007 Saldanha, C. [12280] India K000509153 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Raynal, J. [17041] Indonesia K000824932 No
Jan 1, 1997 Reeve, T.M. [6251] Papua New Guinea K000824931 No
Jan 1, 1997 Sands, M.J.S.; Jitmau; Markus [6535] Indonesia K000824930 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1530] K001113373 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [1531] Bangladesh K000848048 Type Yes
Croft, J.R.; Lelean, Y. [NGF34652] Papua New Guinea K000824936 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] India K001132518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Croft, J.R. [LAE60782] Papua New Guinea K000824947 No
Bongcheewin, B. [1015] Thailand K001089727 Type Yes
Brass, L.J. [4809] Papua New Guinea K000824939 No
Phusomsaeng, S. [40] Thailand K000935970 Yes
Bongcheewin, B. [790] Thailand K000935969 Yes
Haniff, M.; Nur, M. [2979] Thailand K000935968 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 2327] K001115667 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brass, L.J. [5917] Papua New Guinea K000824940 No
Havel, J.J. [NGF7552] Papua New Guinea K000824942 No
Silva, F.de. [1531] Bangladesh K000848047 Isolectotype Yes
Bhatti, R. India K:SPC-58731.000 No
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [3139] Vietnam K000935971 Yes
Kairo, A.; Streimann, H. [NGF30710] Papua New Guinea K000824929 No
Brass, L.J. [7820] Papua New Guinea K000824943 No
Merrill, E.D. [683] Philippines K000824857 No
Cruttwell, N.E.G. [1220] Papua New Guinea K000824938 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1530] India K001113376 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royen, P., van [3967] Indonesia K000824927 Type Yes
Ramos, M. [12034] Philippines K000824858 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1530] India K001113369 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [1835] Philippines K000824855 No
Cuming, H. [1835] Philippines K000824856 No
Carr, C.E. [12670] Papua New Guinea K000824944 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7123] K001126754 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1530] Nepal K001113368 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [4219] Papua New Guinea K000824941 No
Sands, M.J.S. [1061] Papua New Guinea K000932250 No
Blatter [24055] India K000848049 Type Yes
Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [NGF47848] Papua New Guinea K000824937 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1530] K001113372 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jones, B.L. [466] Malaysia K000824771 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [15671] Philippines K000824859 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1530] Bangladesh K001113375 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1530] K001113371 Unknown Type Material Yes
McKee, H.S. [1258] Papua New Guinea K000824945 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2328] K001115668 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-38588.000 No
Woods. P.J.B. [1881] Papua New Guinea K000824935 No
Hartley, T.G. [9689] Papua New Guinea K000824928 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1530] Bangladesh K001113374 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lae [NGF3265] Papua New Guinea K000824933 No
Flenley, J.R. [2104] Papua New Guinea K000824934 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1530] K001113370 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walker [510] Papua New Guinea K000824946 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1544] Dysophylla K001113405 Unknown Type Material Yes
Basedow, H. [169] Australia Dysophylla K000357240 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1544] India Dysophylla K001113403 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1544] India Dysophylla K001113404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 1544] Dysophylla K001113402 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1546] Nepal Dysophylla K001113408 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1542] India Dysophylla K001113400 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1542] Dysophylla K001113399 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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