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  1. Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
    1. Genus: Leonotis (Pers.) R.Br.

      1. Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Africa. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and has social uses.

    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 2300 - 2800 m.; Andes.
    Habit
    Arbusto
    [UPB]

    The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

    Ecology
    Alt. 2300 - 2800 m.
    Distribution
    Cultivated in Colombia.
    Conservation
    Not Evaluated.
    Habit
    Shrub.
    [UPB]
    Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
    Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Unspecified Social Uses
    Social uses (State of the World's Plants 2016).

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces

    Introduced into:

    Burundi, Jawa, St.Helena

    Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jan 14, 1994 South Africa K000414775
    Jan 14, 1994 Forbes [s.n.], South Africa K000414774
    Jan 14, 1994 Sierra Leone K000414773
    Jan 14, 1994 Drege [4829], South Africa K000414769 Unknown type material
    Jan 14, 1994 Drege [s.n.], South Africa K000414778
    Jan 14, 1994 Wood, J.M. [164], South Africa K000193300 Unknown type material
    Jan 14, 1994 Burchell, W.J. [5288], South Africa K000193301 Unknown type material
    Jan 14, 1994 Burchell, W.J. [108], South Africa K000414770
    Jan 14, 1994 Nicholson [s.n.], South Africa K000414771
    Jan 14, 1994 [Cayley] [s.n.], South Africa K000414776
    Jan 1, 1984 Ecklon [1828], South Africa K000414772
    Jan 1, 1984 Pappe [s.n.], South Africa K000414777

    First published in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 410 (1811)

    Accepted by

    • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
    • Iwarsson, M. & Harvey, Y. (2003). Monograph of the genus Leonotis (Pers.) R.Br. (Lamiaceae) Kew Bulletin 58: 597-645.
    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Literature

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
    • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/
    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Brown, L.C. (1982). The Flora and Fauna of St Helena: 1-88. Land Resources Development Centre, Surbiton, England.

    Sources

    Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Science Photographs
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
    ColPlantA database
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0