Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 113 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mauritius, Tropical & Subtropical Asia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Eritrea

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Khanman, M. & Abul Hassan, M. (2005). A critical study of the genus Leucas R.Br. (Lamiaceae) from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 12: 1-10.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Khanman, M. & Abul Hassan, M. (2005). A critical study of the genus Leucas R.Br. (Lamiaceae) from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 12: 1-10.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Bloembergen, S. [3073], Indonesia K000856473 No
Apr 1, 2009 Sumsubin [15], Malaysia K000610505 No
Jan 1, 1997 Barbon [1615], Philippines K000855658 No
Hartley, T.G. [11612], Papua New Guinea K000855706 No
Junghuhn, F. [38], Indonesia K000856474 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [5626], Philippines K000855657 No
Henty, E.E. [NGF41962], Papua New Guinea K000855704 No
Coode, M.J.E. [NGF32554], Papua New Guinea K000855705 No
Stevens, P. [LAE50333], Papua New Guinea K000855707 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2522] Leucas plukenetii K001116344 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2522] Leucas plukenetii K001116342 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2522], India Leucas plukenetii K001116343 Yes

Sources

  • 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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0