Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas jamesii Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 225 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Kenya. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 403, t. 806 (1987)
  • F.T.A. 5: 478 (1900)
  • Fl. Eth. 5: 545 (2006).
  • Fl. Somalia 3: 328 (2006)
  • K.B. 1895: 225 (1895)
  • K.T.S.L.: 629 (1994)
  • Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., ser. A, 341: 85 (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?
Mathew, B. [6613], Kenya 6049.180 No
Cole, E. [s.n.], Somalia K000193225 Unknown type material Yes
Lort-Phillips [s.n.], Somalia K000414868 Unknown type material Yes
James [s.n.], Somalia K000414869 Unknown type material Yes
K000414870 Yes

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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images