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Taxon: Leucas urticifolia (Vahl) Benth.

Genus: Leucas
Family: Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) subfamily: Lamioideae.
Nomen number: 401734
Place of publication: A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prod. 12:524. 1848 (R. Brown, Prodr. 504. 1810, nom. inval.)
Comment: Brown cited Phlomis urticifolia Vahl but did not actually make this combination in 1810
Name verified on: 05-Apr-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Dec-2004
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:

  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Egypt
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Sudan
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Oman; Saudi Arabia [s.w.]; Yemen
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Pakistan

References:

  • Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
  • Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
  • Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. (L Oman) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
  • Migahid, A. M. 1988–1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. (F Saudi ed3) [lists as L. "urticaefolia" R. Br.].
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
  • Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae. (Monog Ind Leucas)
  • Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. (F Yemen) [lists as L. urticifolia (Vahl) R. Br.].
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Leucas urticifolia (Vahl) Benth.:

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401734 (22 November 2009)

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