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Description
Genus Leonurus
Herbs annual
, biennial, or perennial
, erect
. Leaves 3-7-lobed, basal ± palmately lobed
, usually deciduous at anthesis
; stem leaves entire, incised, or 3-lobed. Verticillasters
many flowered, in long spikes; bracteoles subulate
or spinescent
, rigid
or flaccid
. Calyx obconical
or tubular-campanulate, 5-veined, obscurely 2-lipped; upper lip straight, 3-toothed; lower lip 2-toothed, teeth coalescent
, spreading
or slightly spreading. Corolla white, reddish, to purplish, 2-lipped, tube
exserted; upper lip oblong, obovate
, or ovate-orbicular, margin
entire, straight, villous
or glabrous
; lower lip straight or spreading, spotted, 3-lobed, lobes
oblong-ovate or middle
lobe shallowly cordate, larger than ovate
lateral
lobes. Stamens 4, anterior 2 longer
, posterior 2 parallel; anther
cells
2, parallel. Style apex equally 2-cleft, lobes subulate. Nutlets
acutely triquetrous
, base
cuneate, apex truncate
.
About 20 species: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America; 12 species in China.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Labiatae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Lamioideae
()
- Subfamily:
Lamioideae
(
- Family:
Labiatae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leonurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. cardiaca (Common Mother-Wort) · L. cardiaca cardiaca (Common Motherwort) · L. cardiaca villosus (Common Motherwort) · L. japonicus (Sagebrush Motherwort) · L. macranthus (Large-Flowered Mother Wort) · L. sibericus (Siberian Motherwort) · L. sibiricus (Honeyweed) · L. villosus (Common Motherwort)
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Further Reading
- A manual of gardening for western and southern India, by R. Riddell. Ed. and rev. by Lieutenant-colonel Boddam. Madras: Higginbotham and co., 1884. url p. 135.
- Autikon botanikon: or botanical illustrations of 2500. New, rare or beautiful Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Vines, Lilies, Grasses, Ferns... / by Prof. C.S. Rafinesque. Philadelphia, 1815-1840. url p. 117.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1901 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 18.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 336.
- Hand-list of herbaceous plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off. by Darling, 1902. url p. 663.
- Rafinesque, C. S. Autikon botanikon: or botanical illustrations of 2500. New, rare or beautiful Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Vines, Lilies, Grasses, Ferns... /by Prof. C.S. Rafinesque. 1815-1840 Philadelphia, 1815-1840. url p. 117.
- The flora of the presidency of Bombay / By Theodore Cooke. London: Taylor and Francis, 1903-08. url p. 463.
- The forests and gardens of South India. London, W. H. Allen, 1861. url .
- The vegetation of the Siberian-Mongolian frontiers (the Sayansk region) [Trondhjem]K. Norske Videnskabers Selskab[1921] url , , .
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5880142
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449237-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 749343
Footnotes
- "Leonurus". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 162. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
