Leonotis

Leonotis (Lion's-Ear)
Leonotis nepetifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Leonotis
( C.H. Persoon) R.Br.
Type species
Leonotis ocymifolia
( Burman f.) Iwarsson
Species

See text.

Leonotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. [1] It comprises 9 species. One of these, Leonotis nepetifolia, is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It is naturalized throughout most of the tropics. The other 8 species are endemic to southern Africa. [2]

Leonotis was named by Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. [3] The name means "lion's ear".

The type for the genus is the specimen of Leonotis ocymifolia that was originally described as Leonotis leonitis. [4] It is a specimen of Leonotis ocymifolia var. ocymifolia.[2]

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Species

Below is a list of names published in Leonotis. Most of them are obsolete, illegitimate, or synonymous with other names. The species recognized by Iwarsson and Harvey are marked with a number sign.

  • Leonotis africana
  • Leonotis bachmannii
  • Leonotis bequaerti
  • Leonotis brevipes
  • Leonotis capensis
  • Leonotis cardiaca
  • Leonotis caribea
  • # Leonotis decadonta Gürke
  • Leonotis dinteri
  • Leonotis dubia
  • Leonotis dysophylla
  • Leonotis elliotii
  • Leonotis engleri
  • Leonotis galpini
  • # Leonotis goetzei Gürke
  • # Leonotis grandis Iwarsson & Y.B. Harvey     
  • Leonotis hereroensis
  • Leonotis hirtiflora
  • Leonotis intermedia
  • Leonotis kagerensis
  • Leonotis kwebensis
  • Leonotis latifolia
  • Leonotis laxifolia
  • # Leonotis leonurus (L.) Robert Brown
  • Leonotis longidens
  • Leonotis melleri
  • Leonotis menthifolia
  • Leonotis microphylla
  • Leonotis mollis
  • # Leonotis myricifolia Iwarsson & Y.B. Harvey
  • # Leonotis myrothamnifolia Iwarsson & Y.B. Harvey
  • # Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) Robert Brown
  • Leonotis newtoni
  • # Leonotis ocymifolia (Burman f.) Iwarsson
  • Leonotis ovata
  • Leonotis pallida
  • Leonotis parvifolia
  • # Leonotis pole-evansii John Hutchinson
  • Leonotis raineriana
  • Leonotis randii
  • Leonotis rugosa
  • Leonotis spectabilis
  • Leonotis tuberosa
  • Leonotis urticifolia
  • Leonotis velutina
  • Leonotis westae

Taxonomy

Leonotis is a member of the subfamily Lamioideae. [1] Leonotis might be paraphyletic or even polyphyletic because Leonotis leonurus is not closely related to the other species. [5] In 2009, it was shown that Leonotis and 3 other genera are embedded in Leucas, [5] a genus of about 100 species. [1] If the 4 embedded genera were merged with Leucas, the expanded Leucas would have about 132 species.

References

  1. ^ a b c Raymond M. Harley, Sandy Atkins, Andrey L. Budantsev, Philip D. Cantino, Barry J. Conn, Renée J. Grayer, Madeline M. Harley, Rogier P.J. de Kok, Tatyana V. Krestovskaja, Ramón Morales, Alan J. Paton, and P. Olof Ryding. 2004. "Labiatae" pages 167-275. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1
  2. ^ a b Mattias Iwarsson and Yvette Harvey. 2003. "Monograph of the genus Leonotis (Pers.) R.Br. (Lamiaceae)". Kew Bulletin 58(3):597-645.
  3. ^ Robert Brown. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen:504. (see External links below).
  4. ^ Leonotis In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  5. ^ a b Anne-Cathrine Scheen and Victor A. Albert. 2009. "Molecular Phylogenetics of the Leucas Group (Lamioideae; Lamiaceae)". Systematic Botany 34(1):173-181.

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