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 Zimbabwe: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aggerestris (Wild) Sebald [End] [LR-lc] | N | |
| capensis (Benth.) Engl. | W | Description, Image |
| deflexa Hook. f. var. deflexa | E | Description, Image |
| glabrata (Vahl) R. Br. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| hephaestis (Wild) Sebald [End] [VU] | N | |
| martinicensis R. Br. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| menthifolia Baker | C,E | |
| milanjiana Gürke | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| neuflizeana Courbon var. neuflizeana | W,E,S | Description, Image |
| nyassae Gürke var. nyassae | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| sexdentata Skan | E,S | Description, Image |
| songeana Sebald | C | Description, Image |
| tettensis Vatke | N,W,C,E,S |
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