Family:
Lamiaceae Martinov

Schnabelia Hand.-Mazz.

This genus is accepted, and its native range is China.

[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
Low shrubs and perennial herbs, sometimes prostrate, decumbent or scandent, slightly aromatic
Morphology Stem
Stems sometimes winged
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite, petiolate, simple or occasionally 3-lobed, ovate to triangular or suborbicular, dentate to crenate, sometimes caducous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of axillary cymes, 1-5 flowered; cleistogamous [cl.] flowers sometimes present, minute, with corolla and stamens shorter than calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx (in both cl. and chasmogamous [ch.] flowers) actinomorphic or occasionally with 1 lobe smaller than others, 4-5-lobed, lobes broadly ovate to linear-lanceolate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla of ch. flowers purple, pink or white, zygomorphic, unlipped or 1-lipped with anterior lip present, 5-lobed, 4 posterior lobes similar, anterior lobe larger, often (always?) concave, corolla in bud asymmetrical
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens of ch. flowers 4, didynamous, exserted, filaments arched or ±straight, thecae parallel to divaricate, confluent at dehiscence
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pollen
Pollen with supratectal spinules, columellae branched or granular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary unlobed to very shallowly 4-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
Stigma-lobes equal to subequal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disc poorly developed or absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets obovoid, reticulately ridged, pubescent, attachment-scar lateral, 0.5-0.9x as long as nutlet.
Note
Five species
Ecology
Forests and thickets
Distribution
China.

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan

Schnabelia Hand.-Mazz. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 58: 92 (1921)

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

  • Cantino, Wagstaff & Olmstead, Syst. Bot. 23: 369-386 (1999).
  • Chienodoxa Y.Z.Sun, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 22 (1951).
  • 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
  • Schnabelia Hand.-Mazz., Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Anz. 58: 92 (1921)

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

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