Lamiaceae
Leucas

Leucas capensis (Benth.) Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 268 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Codd in F.S.A. 28(4): 45, fig.11/7 (1985).
  • Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 268 (1888).
  • Launert & Schreiber in Merxmüller, Prodr. Fl. SW Afrika, fam.123: 18 (1969).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Burchell, W.J. [1820] South Africa K000414851 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [1820] South Africa K000414854 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell, W.J. [1660] South Africa K000414852 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ecklon [71] South Africa K000414849 Unknown Type Material Yes
Shaw, J. [s.n.] South Africa K000414847 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege South Africa K000193266 Type Yes
Burchell, W.J. [1700] South Africa K000414853 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [2334] South Africa K000414846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1217] South Africa K000414850 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ecklon [47] South Africa K000414848 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images