Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Dronapushpi, Gumma Bhaji
Description
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Genus Leucas
Herbs or subshrubs
. Leaves entire or dentate
. Verticillasters
few to many flowered, widely spaced, uniform
or reduced in size at end of branches. Calyx tubular
to obconical
, rarely dilated
, 10-veined, straight or curved
, truncate
or oblique
at throat
, projected
on posterior side; teeth 8-10, usually equal in size. Corolla usually white, rarely yellow, purple, brownish, or scarlet, 2-lipped, tube
included
; upper lip straight, galeate
, densely villous
outside; lower lip longer, 3-lobed, middle
lobe
largest. Stamens ascending
beneath
upper lip of corolla, close together in pairs; anther
cells
2, ovoid
, divaricate
, apex confluent
, often orange. Style unequally 2-cleft at apex, posterior lobe short or obsolete
. Nutlets
ovoid, triquetrous
, subtruncate at apex.
About 100 species: Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, two naturalized
in South America; eight species in China.[1]
Physical Description
Flowers: Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
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Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Taxonomy
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- 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
(
Synonyms
Phlomis Aspera
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Leucas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
L. aspera (Dronapushpi) · L. martinicensis (Whitewort)
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Further Reading
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- A botany for India, by P. F. Fyson. London, The Christian Literature Society for Indian (Madras Branch)1912. url p. 151, p. 368.
- A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands / by Elmer D. Merrill. Manila: Bureau of Public Print., 1903. url p. 105, p. 162, p. 48, p. 85, p. 91, p. 94, p. 96.
- A manual of Indian botany. London, Blackie & Son Ltd., 1920. url , .
- A review of the identifications of the species described in Blanco's Flora de Filipinas, Manila, Bureau of public printing, 1905. url p. 70.
- A review of the references to the Hortus malabaricus of Henry Van Rheede Van Draakenstein [sic] Swansea: Printed at the Cambrian-Office, by Murray and Rees, 1839. url p. 57.
- An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922-26. url p. 410.
- Bengal plants: a list of the phanerogams, ferns and fern-allies indigenous to, or commonly cultivated in, the Lower provinces and Chittagong, with definitions of the natural orders and genera, and keys to the genera and species. 2 1903 Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India1903. url p. 855.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1911 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 447.
- Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 336.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 272, p. 456, p. 546.
- Contributions to the flora of Siam [Aberdeen]Printed for the University1912- url p. 171.
- Contributions to the flora of Siam. .. / by William Grant Craib. .. [Aberdeen]: Printed for the University of Aberdeen, 1912- url p. 171.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 337.
- Glimpses into the life of Indian plants: an elementary Indian botany / by I. Pfleiderer. Mangalore: Basel Mission Book and Tract Depository, 1916. url p. 290, p. 8.
- Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 232, p. 241.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 463.
- Plants of the Punjab: a descriptive key to the flora of the Punjab, North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir / by C.J. Bamber. Lahore: Supt. Govt. Printing, Punjab, 1916. url p. 178, p. 215.
- Plants of the Punjab; a descriptive key to the flora of the Punjab, North-west Frontier Province and Kashmir. LahorePrinted by The Superintendent Government Printing1916 url , p. 178, p. 215.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 782.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 1885 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 665.
- Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies. Calcutta: s.n., 1872-1899. url p. 447.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url , p. 1098, p. 236, p. 51, p. 518, p. 553, p. 67, p. 809, p. 814.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 9 1867 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 317.
- The Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. [Bangkok, Thailand]: The Society, url p. 143.
- The flora of British India /By J. D. Hooker assisted by various botanists. Published under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council. 4 1885 London: L. Reeve, 1875-97. url p. 689, p. 690, p. 690, p. 691.
- The flora of British India. London, L. Reeve & Co., 1875-97. url .
- The flora of the presidency of Bombay / By Theodore Cooke. London: Taylor and Francis, 1903-08. url p. 465.
- The medicinal plants of the PHilippines, by T. H. Pardo de Tavera. .. tr. and rev. by Jerome B. Thomas, jr. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.1901. url , , , , .
- The medicinal plants of the Philippines / by T. H. Pardo de Tavera; translated and revised by Jerome B. Thomas. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co., 1901. url p. 199, p. 254, p. 255, p. xv.
- [Publications] - Bureau of Government Laboratories. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1903-1906. url p. 48, p. 70, p. 85, p. 91, p. 94, p. 96.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5879183
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449314-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 749745
Footnotes
- "Leucas". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 141. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
