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This genus is accepted, and its native range is Cosmopolitan.
Stachys germanica (downy woundwort)

[LKGF]

Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.

Morphology General Habit
Perennial or annual herbs or rarely small subshrubs, with simple and/or branched hairs, often strongly aromatic
Morphology Leaves
Leaves usually toothed, petiolate or rarely sessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence thyrsoid or racemoid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers pedicellate, rarely sessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts present or absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
Bracteoles present or absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx actinomorphic to weakly 2-lipped, 5-lobed, lobes equal or unequal (3/2), often spinose, tube with throat often barbate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla strongly 2-lipped, 4-lobed (1/3), posterior lip long, hooded or sometimes almost flat, externally pubescent, anterior lip with median lobe usually much larger than lateral lobes, corolla-tube annulate or rarely exannulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens not exserted from corolla, thecae ± distinct, usually divaricate, rarely subparallel to parallel
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
Stigma-lobes subequal or slightly unequal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets obovoid to oblong, rarely flattened trigonous, rounded or sometimes winged at apex.
Note
2n =10, 16, 18, 24, 30, 32, 34, 48, 64, 66, 68, 80, 102.  About 300 species A cladistic analysis by Lindquist and Albert (2002) suggests that Betonica and other Stachys may have different origins.
Ecology
Various habitats
Distribution
Cosmopolitan, except for Australia (introduced to New Zealand, Middle Atlantic Ocean, Southwestern and North-Central Pacific. Doubtfully present in Indo-China

[FTEA]

Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Stachys, Y.B. Harvey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

Morphology General Habit
Perennial scandent or erect herbs, seldom aromatic, with an indumentum of simple, biramous, dendroid or stellate hairs
Morphology Stem
Stems quadrangular or roundedquadrangular, sometimes armed with prickles
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite, distichous or decussate, petiolate or sessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences lax, with verticils variously 2–12(–16)flowered; bracts similar to cauline leaves, but smaller; bracteoles linear or subulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx regularly 5-toothed, campanulate to funnel-shaped, 10-veined, not or enlarging only slightly in fruit
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white, pink, purplish or blue, 2-lipped; tube straight with annulus at midpoint; posterior lip flattened or slightly hooded; anterior lip with two small rounded lateral lobes and a large median lobe
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens held under posterior lip adnating to just above mid-point of the tube; filaments sometimes pubescent; anthers 2-thecous, divaricate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk equally 4-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style gynobasic, bifid, branches equal
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets ovoid, minutely tuberculate and rounded at apex, with a small basal scar.

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Herbs or shrubs with branched hairs (in Somali species)
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences thyrse-like, lax or dense; bracts large and leaf-like; cymes 1–10-flowered; bracteoles present (in Somali species)
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5-lobed, with 5–10 ± distinct ribs; lobes subequal or 3 upper slightly different from the 2 lower
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip straight, slightly hooded, entire or emarginate, hairy but not bearded along the margin; lower lip 3-lobed with the midlobe larger, deflexed, markedly longer than the upper lip (in African species)
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens directed to the upper lip of the corolla
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style-branches equally long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets rounded at apex, glabrous.
Distribution
Cosmopolitan genus of about 370 species.

[LKGF]
Use
Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals.  Stachys affinis Bunge is cultivated for its edible, subterranean tubers

Doubtfully present in:

Senegal

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arizona, Ascension, Bermuda, Easter Is., Galápagos, Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Mali, Maryland, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Nova Scotia, Puerto Rico, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Windward Is.

Stachys L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Ash [1024], Ethiopia 35506.000
Sebsebe, D. [2312], Ethiopia 54597.000
Balansa, B. [2928], Vietnam K000853946
Smiles, H.H. [s.n.], Thailand K000853944
Balansa, B. [2927], Vietnam K000853945

First published in Sp. Pl.: 580 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Krestovskaya, T. (2011). The critical review of species of the genus Stachys L. section Eriostemum Hoffmanns. et Link (Labiatae) Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 42: 198-221.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 465.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Sebsebe Demissew in Kew Bull. 48: 327–341 (1993).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 253 (1754)
  • K.B. 48: 327–341 (1993)
  • K.B. 51: 433–454 (1996)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 223 (2004)
  • N.B.G.B. 8: 625–646 (1923)
  • Norw. Journ. Bot. 18: 121–137 (1971)
  • Sp. Pl. 580 (1753)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Aspasia E.Mey. ex Pfeiff., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 295 (1873).
  • Betonica L., Sp. Pl.: 573 (1753).
  • Bhattacharjee, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 65-96 (1980).
  • Bonamya Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 316 (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Eriostemum Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 588 (1840).
  • Eriostomum Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 105 (1809).
  • Galeopsis Hill, Brit. Herb.: 359 (1756), nom. illeg.
  • Galeopsis Moench, Methodus: 397 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Lamiostachys Krestovsk., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 91: 1258 (2006).
  • Menitskia (Krestovsk.) Krestovsk., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 91: 1893 (2006).
  • Olisia Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 166 (1840).
  • Ortostachys Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 136 (1869).
  • Stachys L., Sp. Pl. 2: 580 (1753)
  • Stachyus St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 109 (1880).
  • Tetrahit Gérard (1761).
  • Tetrahitum Hoffmanns. & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 103 (1809).
  • Trixago Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv. 1: 101 (1768).
  • Trixella Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 135 (1869).
  • Zietenia Gled., Syst. Pl. Stamin. Situ: 185 (1764).

Flora of Somalia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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