Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas urticifolia (Vahl) Sm.

First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 20: n.° 4 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mauritania to India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Kenya, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, West Himalaya, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • 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

  • A. Rees, Cycl. 20 [without pagination] (1812) [generic position suggested by Robert Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 564 (1810) but new combination not properly made]
  • Benth., Lab. Gen. Sp.: 605 (1834)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 404, t. 137 (1987)
  • DC., Prodr. 12: 524 (1848)
  • F.P.S. 3: 216 (1956)
  • F.T.A. 5: 489 (1900)
  • Fl. Eth. 5: 546 (2006).
  • Fl. Somalia 3: 329 (2006)
  • Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., ser. A, 341: 133 (1980)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 286 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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

  • 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