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This variety is accepted, and its native range is Kenya to S. Africa.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Leonotis ocymifolia var. ocymifolia appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Sep 1, 2007 Mwangoka [4160], Tanzania K000248168
Drege [7953], South Africa Leonotis mollis K000193297 Unknown type material
Drege [7953], South Africa Leonotis mollis K000414767
Drege [7953], South Africa Leonotis mollis K000414766
Burchell, W.J. [3008], South Africa Leonotis ovata K000193298 Unknown type material
Burchell, W.J. [2732], South Africa Leonotis ovata K000414768

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Iwarsson, M. & Harvey, Y. (2003). Monograph of the genus Leonotis (Pers.) R.Br. (Lamiaceae) Kew Bulletin 58: 597-645.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0