Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 20: n.° 7 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • 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?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063] K001115028 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2529] K001116360 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063] K001115027 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063] K001115029 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063], Bangladesh K001115031 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063] K001115034 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063] K001115033 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063], Sri Lanka K001115030 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2063], Bangladesh K001115032 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