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7268.000 Leucas
LASIOCORYS Benth.
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Inflorescence of few-many-flowered, often subspherical, whorls;
bracts leaf-like; bracteoles linear, ascending. Calyx tubular, 10-nerved, straight or curved, with 5-10 equal or unequal
spine-tipped teeth. Corolla 2-lipped, white; upper lip usually entire and hairy; lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe longest. Stamens 4. Worldwide: 150 species from Africa and Arabia to Indomalesia Mozambique: 8 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| deflexa Hook. f. var. deflexa | MS | Description, Image |
| glabrata (Vahl) R. Br. | Z,GI,M | Description, Image |
| martinicensis R. Br. | N,T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| milanjiana Gürke | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| neuflizeana Courbon var. neuflizeana | GI | Description, Image |
| nyassae Gürke var. nyassae | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| nyassae Gürke var. velutina (Baker) Sebald[End] | N | |
| tettensis Vatke | N,Z,T,MS |
Other sources of information about Leucas:
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Flora of Botswana: LeucasFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Leucas
Flora of Malawi: Leucas
Flora of Zambia: Leucas
Flora of Zimbabwe: Leucas
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LeucasBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Leucas
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Leucas
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Leucas
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Leucas
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Leucas
JSTOR Plant Science: Leucas
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Leucas
Plants of the World Online: Leucas
Tropicos: Leucas
Wikipedia: Leucas
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