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Leucas

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| taxon = Leucas

| authority = R.Br.

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  • Hemistemma Rchb.
  • Hemistoma Ehrenb. ex Benth.
  • Lasiocorys Benth.
  • Blandina Raf.
  • Elbunis Raf.
  • Eneodon Raf.
  • Heptrilis Raf.
  • Hetrepta Raf.
  • Isodeca Raf.
  • Leucasia Raf.
  • Physoleucas Jaub. & Spach

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Leucas is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described by Robert Brown in 1810. It contains over 200 species, widespread over much of Africa, and southern and eastern Asia (Iran, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.) with a few species in Queensland and on various islands in the Indian Ocean.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=111610 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Species

{{As of|2014|March}} The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names):

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{{div col end}}A new species, Leucas sahyadriensis Sunojk., has recently been described and is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.{{Cite journal|last=Sunojkumar|first=Purayidathkandy|date=2019-03-27|title=Leucas sahyadriensis (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) an overlooked new endemic species from India and notes on Leucas chinensis|url=https://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.399.3.2|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=399|issue=3|pages=187–194|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.2|s2cid=109864501 |issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription}}

References

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{{cite web | title = Leucas | url = http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=111610 | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | access-date = 11 March 2014}}

{{Cite web | title = Leucas | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Lamiaceae/Leucas/ | work = The Plant List | access-date = 11 March 2014 }}

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Category:Lamiaceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

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