Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas discolor Sebald

First published in Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A 308: 34 (1978)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to N. Kenya. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Sebald in Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A 308: 36 (1978)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Eth. 5: 543 (2006).
  • Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., ser. A, 308: 34 (1978)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1978 Bally, P. [12538], Kenya K000193209 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Gillett, J.B. [14288], Ethiopia K000434962 No
Jan 1, 1978 Balley, P.R.O. [9307], Ethiopia K000434960 No
Jan 1, 1978 Gillett, J.B. [13895], Kenya K000434967 No
Jan 1, 1978 Gillett, J.B. [13895], Kenya K000434966 No
Jan 1, 1978 Balley, P.R.O. [9175], Ethiopia K000434961 No
Jan 1, 1978 Gillett, J.B. [14288], Ethiopia K000434963 No
Friis, I. [8745], Ethiopia K000434959 No

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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