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Lamiaceae

Stachys

Stachys aegyptiaca Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 124 (1806)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Israel to Egypt. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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Native to:

Egypt, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai

Heterotypic Synonyms

Stachys affinis Fresen. in Mus. Senckenberg. 1: 91 (1833), nom. illeg.
Stachys boveana Bois in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 149 (1918)
Stachys palaestina Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 64 (1791), nom. illeg.
Stachys pauciflora Benth. in Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 560 (1834)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Krestovskaya, T.V. (2005). On species of the genus Stachys (Lamiaceae) section Ambleia from Africa. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 90: 1445-1462.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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
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