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Lachnostachys
Sign in to saveLachnostachys (common name Lambs tails) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1842 by William Jackson Hooker. The type species is Lachnostachys ferruginea. The genus name, Lachnostachys, comes from two Greek words/roots, lachnề ("wool") and -stachys ("relating to a spike"), and thus describes the genus as having spiked woolly inflorescences. The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- RSA, BRIT, NY, VT
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Lachnostachys (common name Lambs tails) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1842 by William Jackson Hooker. The type species is Lachnostachys ferruginea. The genus name, Lachnostachys, comes from two Greek words/roots, lachnề ("wool") and -stachys ("relating to a spike"), and thus describes the genus as having spiked woolly inflorescences. The entire genus is endemic to Western Australia
A 2009 study of Chloantheae indicates that Lachnostachys is closely related to the genera, Newcastelia and Physopsis, with none of the three being monophyletic.
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