Lamiaceae
Pogostemon

Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 156 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sri Lanka, W. & Central Malesia, Papua New Guinea. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera

Introduced into:

China Southeast, Fiji, Germany, Hainan, Samoa, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Yao, G., Deng, Y.F. & Ge, X.J. (2015). A taxonomic revision of Pogostemon (Lamiaceae) from China. Phytotaxa 200: 1-67.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2016 Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [NGF27934] Papua New Guinea K000853878 No
Aug 1, 2010 Teysmann, J.E. [8814] Indonesia K000824734 No
Aug 1, 2010 Voogd, C.N.A., de [2187] Indonesia K000824733 No
Aug 1, 2010 Kerr, A.F.G. [2919] Thailand K001053504 Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Micholitz, W. [s.n.] Philippines K000824867 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Merritt, L.; Darling, F.W. [12479] Philippines K000824865 No
Mar 1, 1964 Bünnemeijer, H.A.B. [9612] Indonesia K000824729 No
Mar 1, 1964 Holmes, E.M. [s.n.] Indonesia K000824730 No
Mar 1, 1964 Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K000824728 No
Mar 1, 1964 Tempany, N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000824666 No
Jan 1, 1964 Ramos, M. [22432] Philippines K000824864 No
Tempany, N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000824667 No
Ramos, M. [1849] Philippines K000824862 No
Kostermans, A.; Wirawan [551] Indonesia K000824737 No
Ramos, M. [5199] Philippines K000824870 No
Eyma, P.J. [3301] Indonesia K000824732 No
Tempany, N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000824664 No
Ramos, M. [2061] Philippines K000824869 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K000824882 No
Nitody, B.S. [s.n.] India K000824665 No
Holmes, E.M. [s.n.] Indonesia K000824731 No
Loher, A. [4211] Philippines K000824879 No
Merrill, E.D. [112] Philippines K000824877 Isoneotype Yes
Ramos, M. [2130] Philippines K000824860 No
Loher, A. [4211] Philippines K000824866 No
Ahern's collector [2443] Philippines K000824868 No
Anderson, T. [300] Indonesia K000824727 No
Vidal, S. [505] Philippines K000824880 No
Ramos, M. [2130] Philippines K000824884 No
Tempany, N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000824663 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Malaysia K000824679 No
Merrill, E.D. [112] Philippines K000824876 Isoneotype Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Ridsdale, C.E. [5474] Philippines K000824863 No
Ramos, M. [2130] Philippines K000824861 No
Merrill, E.D. [5025] Philippines K000824881 No
Merrill, E.D. [5025] Philippines K000824883 No
Reillo, J. [19292] Philippines K000824878 No
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia Pogostemon battakianus K000824736 Holotype Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia Pogostemon battakianus K000824735 Holotype Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India Pogostemon tomentosus K000814984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] Pogostemon tomentosus K000814985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robinson, H.C.; Kloss C.B. [2450] Indonesia Pogostemon javanicus K000824577 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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