Lagochilus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Lagochilus platyacanthus 9013.jpg

|image_caption = Lagochilus platyacanthus

|taxon = Lagochilus

|authority = Bunge ex Benth.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

  • Yermoloffia Bél.
  • Chlainanthus Briq.
  • Lagochilopsis Knorring

}}

Lagochilus is a genus of the mint family that contains Turkistan mint (Lagochilus inebrians).[http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/golden_guide/golden_guide.pdf Golden Guide, Books Online][http://www.sagewisdom.org/lagochilus.html Sage Wisdom]

It is native to central, south-central, and eastern Asia (Iran,{{cite journal |first=Z. |last=Jamzad |title=The genus Lagochilus (Labiatae) in Iran |journal=Iran J. Bot. |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=91–103 |date=1988 |url=https://ijb.areeo.ac.ir/article_103375_en.html?lang=en}} Pakistan, Kazakhstan,{{cite conference |last=Aimenova |first=Z.E. |last2=Eshibaev |first2=A.A. |last3=Zaynutdinov |first3=U.N. |title=Research of areas of distribution of valuable medicinal species of plants of Lagochilus Bunge (Lamiaceae) genus of South Kazakhstan territory |book-title=Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Biology and Medical Sciences; Vienna, Austria. 13 January 2015 |date= |isbn= |pages=4–9 |url=}} Mongolia, China, etc.).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=107231 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{cite book |chapter=Lagochilus Bunge ex Bentham, Labiat. Gen. Spec. 640. 1834.; 兔唇花属 tu chun hua shu |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=117497 |title=Flora of China |volume=17 |date= |isbn= |pages=166 |via=Efloras.org}}

Etymology of genus name

The genus name Lagochilus is derived from the Greek elements λαγός (lagos) "hare" and χείλος (ch(e)ilos) "lip" (in reference to a perceived resemblance between the shape of the corolla and the cleft lip of a hare).{{cite journal |vauthors=Mamadalieva NZ, Akramov DK, Wessjohann LA, Hussain H, Long C, Tojibaev KS, Alshammari E, Ashour ML, Wink M |title=The Genus Lagochilus (Lamiaceae): A Review of Its Diversity, Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology |journal=Plants |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages= |date=January 2021 |pmid=33440727 |pmc=7826601 |doi=10.3390/plants10010132 |doi-access=free}}

;Species

  1. Lagochilus acutilobus (Ledeb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  2. Lagochilus alutaceus Bunge — Iran
  3. Lagochilus androssowii Knorring — Kazakhstan
  4. Lagochilus aucheri Boiss. — Iran
  5. Lagochilus balchanicus Czerniak. — Turkmenistan
  6. Lagochilus botschantzevii Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  7. Lagochilus bungei Benth. — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
  8. Lagochilus cabulicus Benth. — Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas of northern India, Turkmenistan
  9. Lagochilus cuneatus Benth. — Afghanistan, Pakistan
  10. Lagochilus diacanthophyllus (Pall.) Benth. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
  11. Lagochilus drobovii Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Kyrgyzstan
  12. Lagochilus grandiflorus C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan — Xinjiang
  13. Lagochilus gypsaceus Vved. — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
  14. Lagochilus hindukushi Kamelin & Gubanov — Afghanistan
  15. Lagochilus hirsutissimus Vved — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  16. Lagochilus hirtus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang
  17. Lagochilus hispidus (Bél.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Iran
  18. Lagochilus ilicifolius Bunge ex Benth. — Tuva Republic in Russia, Mongolia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi
  19. Lagochilus inebrians Bunge — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
  20. Lagochilus kaschgaricus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
  21. Lagochilus knorringianus Pavlov — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  22. Lagochilus kschtutensis Knorring — Tajikistan
  23. Lagochilus lanatonodus C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan — Xinjiang
  24. Lagochilus leiacanthus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
  25. Lagochilus longidentatus Knorring — Kazakhstan
  26. Lagochilus macracanthus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — Iran
  27. Lagochilus nevskii Knorring — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  28. Lagochilus occultiflorus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
  29. Lagochilus olgae Kamelin — Uzbekistan
  30. Lagochilus paulsenii Briq. — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  31. Lagochilus platyacanthus Rupr. — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan
  32. Lagochilus platycalyx Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
  33. Lagochilus proskorjakovii Ikramov — Uzbekistan
  34. Lagochilus pubescens Vved. — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  35. Lagochilus pulcher Knorring — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  36. Lagochilus pungens Schrenk — Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
  37. Lagochilus quadridentatus Jamzad — Iran
  38. Lagochilus schugnanicus Knorring — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan
  39. Lagochilus seravschanicus Knorring — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  40. Lagochilus setulosus Vved. — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  41. Lagochilus subhispidus Knorring — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  42. Lagochilus taukumensis Tzukerv. — Kazakhstan
  43. Lagochilus turkestanicus Knorring — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  44. Lagochilus vvedenskyi Kamelin & Tzukerv. — Uzbekistan
  45. Lagochilus xianjiangensis G.J.Liu - Xinjiang

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