Distribution
Native to:
Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Physoleucas inflata (Benth.) Jaub. & Spach ex Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 252 (1896)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Leucas acrodonta Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 36 (1841), not validly publ.
- Leucas schimperi C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 531 (1845)
- Physoleucas acrodonta Jaub. & Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 48 (1855)
- Physoleucas arabica Jaub. & Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 49 (1855)
- Physoleucas pachystachya Jaub. & Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 48 (1855)
- Physoleucas schimperi (C.Presl) Jaub. & Spach in Ill. Pl. Orient. 5: 48 (1855)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delili [s.n.], Egypt | K000193283 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| [Afeher, S.] [145], Egypt | K000414874 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images