Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas deflexa Hook.f.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 213 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Morales, R. (2011). Les Labiadas (Lamiaceae) de Guinea Ecuatorial. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 68: 199-223.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 487.
  • in J. Linn. Soc. 7: 213(1864)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.J.B.B. 40: 386, fig. 13 (1970)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 403, t. 135 (1987)
  • F.P.N.A. 2: 156 (1947)
  • F.T.A. 5: 487 (1900)
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 470 (1963)
  • Fl. Eth. 5: 546 (2006).
  • Fl. Rwanda 3: 316, fig. 101/2 (1985)
  • J.L.S. 7: 213 (1864)
  • Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., ser. A, 341: 123 (1980)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 286 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Mwangoka [5223], Tanzania K000735111 No
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2562], Cameroon K000436088 No
Oct 2, 2006 Festo [1874], Tanzania K000194885 No
May 1, 2005 Etuge, M. [5203], Cameroon K000199969 No
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [419], Cameroon K000212649 No
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [10746], Cameroon K000212642 No
Dec 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1831], Cameroon K000212635 No
Mar 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1672], Cameroon K000106861 No
Dec 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [340], Cameroon K000339241 No
Sep 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [10281], Cameroon K000106858 No
Jan 1, 1999 Onana, J.-M. [526], Cameroon K000339240 No
Jan 1, 1998 Mambo, P. [240], Cameroon K000025481 No
Dec 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [869], Cameroon K000339233 No
Dec 1, 1997 Etuge, M. [2332], Cameroon K000339235 No
Dec 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [750], Cameroon K000339232 No
Dec 1, 1997 Cable, S. [3133], Cameroon K000339234 No
Oct 1, 1997 Kamundi, D. [669], Cameroon K000339239 No
Apr 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8517], Cameroon K000339238 No
Apr 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [1075], Cameroon K000339236 No
Apr 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [652], Cameroon K000339237 No
Jan 1, 1996 Thomas, D.W. [4637], Cameroon K000025480 No
Jan 1, 1977 Lowe J. [2946], Cameroon K000025488 No
Jan 1, 1976 Mann G. [1976], Cameroon K000025476 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Morton, J.K. [6694], Cameroon K000025471 No
Jan 1, 1976 Morton, J.K. [714], Cameroon K000025472 No
Jan 1, 1976 Maitland, T.D. [999], Cameroon K000025468 No
Jan 1, 1976 Maitland, T.D. [0s.n.96], Cameroon K000025465 No
Jan 1, 1976 Maitland, T.D. [52], Cameroon K000025464 No
Jan 1, 1958 Hepper, F.N. [1893], Cameroon K000025483 No
Jan 1, 1957 Brenan, J.P.M. [9517], Cameroon K000025486 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [11011], Tanzania 27358.000 No
Mann, G. [1232], Cameroon K000025474 Unknown type material Yes
Mann G. [1976], Cameroon K000025475 Unknown type material Yes
Maitland, T.D. [0s.n.97], Cameroon K000025466 No
Mann, G. [0s.n.17], Cameroon K000025463 No
Dunlap [82], Cameroon K000025487 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28480], Cameroon K000025482 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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 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