- Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Dracocephalum L.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs, annual or perennial, or subshrubs, aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves entire, dentate or pinnatisect
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence thyrsoid, terminal, usually condensed, spike-like or capitate, cymes sessile or peduncles very short
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts entire or lobed, usually aristate, sometimes coloured or leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles often similar to bracts but smaller, or subulate, often aristately toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tubular to campanulate, straight or slightly curved, 2-lipped, 5-lobed (3/2), lobes often aristate, upper lip with lobes equal or median lobe clearly larger than laterals, lower lip with lobes shorter, sinuses between lobes with swollen folds at bas
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed (2/3), blue to violet, pink or white, posterior lip straight or slightly concave, subentire or bifid, anterior lip with median lobe largest, tube gradually or abruptly widening from base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens included under posterior corolla-lip, rarely exserted, parallel, thecae pilose or glabrous, divergent at 180°
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma lobes subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc 4-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets ovoid-oblong, weakly trigonous, apically truncate-rounded or slightly flattened, smooth, mucilaginous or not; areole arcuate.
- Note
- 2n = 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 36, 72. About 70 species. Three subgenera after Budantzev (1987): Dracocephalum (stamens included, anthers glabrous - 7 sections), Fedtschenkiella (Kudr.) Schischk. (stamens exserted, anthers glabrous), Ruyschiana (Mill.) Briq.
- Ecology
- Usually montane
- Distribution
- Eurasia, Northern Africa (one species), Northern America (one species).
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya
Introduced into:
Belgium, Canary Is., Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Krym
- Dracocephalum adylovii I.I.Malzev
- Dracocephalum aitchisonii Rech.f.
- Dracocephalum argunense Fisch. ex Rchb.
- Dracocephalum aucheri Boiss.
- Dracocephalum austriacum L.
- Dracocephalum bipinnatum Rupr.
- Dracocephalum botryoides Steven
- Dracocephalum breviflorum Turrill
- Dracocephalum bullatum Forrest ex Diels
- Dracocephalum butkovii Krassovsk.
- Dracocephalum calophyllum Hand.-Mazz.
- Dracocephalum charkeviczii Prob.
- Dracocephalum discolor Bunge
- Dracocephalum diversifolium Rupr.
- Dracocephalum ferganicum Lazkov
- Dracocephalum foetidum Bunge
- Dracocephalum formosum Gontsch.
- Dracocephalum forrestii W.W.Sm.
- Dracocephalum fragile Turcz. ex Benth.
- Dracocephalum fruticulosum Stephan ex Willd.
- Dracocephalum ghahremanii Jamzad
- Dracocephalum grandiflorum L.
- Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth.
- Dracocephalum hoboksarensis G.J.Liu
- Dracocephalum imberbe Bunge
- Dracocephalum imbricatum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
- Dracocephalum integrifolium Bunge
- Dracocephalum isabellae Forrest ex W.W.Sm.
- Dracocephalum jacutense Peschkova
- Dracocephalum junatovii A.L.Budantsev
- Dracocephalum kafiristanicum Bornm.
- Dracocephalum komarovii Lipsky
- Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss.
- Dracocephalum krylovii Lipsky
- Dracocephalum lindbergii Rech.f.
- Dracocephalum longipedicellatum Muschl.
- Dracocephalum microflorum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
- Dracocephalum moldavica L.
- Dracocephalum multicaule Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.
- Dracocephalum multicolor Kom.
- Dracocephalum nodulosum Rupr.
- Dracocephalum nuratavicum Adylov
- Dracocephalum nuristanicum Rech.f. & Edelb.
- Dracocephalum nutans L.
- Dracocephalum oblongifolium Regel
- Dracocephalum olchonense Peschkova
- Dracocephalum origanoides Stephan ex Willd.
- Dracocephalum palmatoides C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
- Dracocephalum palmatum Stephan ex Willd.
- Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.
- Dracocephalum paulsenii Briq.
- Dracocephalum peregrinum L.
- Dracocephalum pinnatum L.
- Dracocephalum polychaetum Bornm.
- Dracocephalum popovii T.V.Egorova & Sipliv.
- Dracocephalum propinquum W.W.Sm.
- Dracocephalum psammophilum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
- Dracocephalum purdomii W.W.Sm.
- Dracocephalum renati Emb.
- Dracocephalum rigidulum Hand.-Mazz.
- Dracocephalum rupestre Hance
- Dracocephalum ruyschiana L.
- Dracocephalum schischkinii Strizhova
- Dracocephalum scrobiculatum Regel
- Dracocephalum spinulosum Popov
- Dracocephalum stamineum Kar. & Kir.
- Dracocephalum stellerianum Hiltebr.
- Dracocephalum subcapitatum (Kuntze) Lipsky
- Dracocephalum surmandinum Rech.f.
- Dracocephalum taliense Forrest ex W.W.Sm.
- Dracocephalum tanguticum Maxim.
- Dracocephalum thymiflorum L.
- Dracocephalum truncatum Y.Z.Sun ex C.Y.Wu
- Dracocephalum velutinum C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
- Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy
- Dracocephalum wendelboi Hedge
Dracocephalum L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 594 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Budantzev, Bot. Zhurn. 72, 2: 260-267 (1987), rev.
- Cephaloma Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 314 (1790), opus utique oppr.
- Dracocephalum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 594 (1753)
- Dracontocephalium Hassk., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 132 (1844).
- Fedtschenkiella Kudr., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 4: 3 (1941).
- 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
- Moldavica Fabr., Enum.: 55 (1759).
- Ruyschia Fabr., Enum.: 55 (1759).
- Ruyschiana Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
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