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 Repu, 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

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 Zambesiaca

  • Bhatti & Ingrouille in Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 27: 77–148 (1997).
  • Desf. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 154, t.6 (1815).
  • Ingrouille & Bhatti in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 128: 159–183 (1998).
  • Press in Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 10: 1–89 (1982).
  • Ryding in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Fl. Pl. 7: 214 (2004).

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?
Sands, M.J.S. [1061], Papua New Guinea K000932250 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7123] K001126754 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], India K001132518 Yes
Jones, B.L. [466], Malaysia K000824771 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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