Lamiaceae
Leonotis
Leonotis ocymifolia

Leonotis ocymifolia var. ocymifolia

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Kenya to S. Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2007 Mwangoka, M. [4160] Tanzania K000248168 No
Zeyher [206] South Africa Leonotis leonitis K000414765 Type Yes
Schlechter [9689] South Africa Leonotis leonitis K000193296 Type Yes
Burchell [3008] South Africa Leonotis leonitis K000193299 Type Yes
Owan, P., M. [s.n.] South Africa Leonotis mollis K000193293 Type Yes
Drege [7953] South Africa Leonotis mollis K000193297 Type Yes
Drege [7953] South Africa Leonotis mollis K000414766 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [7953] South Africa Leonotis mollis K000414767 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [3008] South Africa Leonotis ovata K000193298 Type Yes
Burchell, W.J. [2732] South Africa Leonotis ovata K000414768 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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