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Leonotis
Sign in to saveLeonotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. One species, Leonotis nepetifolia, is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It is naturalized throughout most of the tropics. The other species are endemic to southern + eastern Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Леонотис (лат. Leonotis) — род растений семейства Яснотковые, включающий в себя около сорока видов. Один вид — Леонотис котовниколистный (Leonotis nepetifolia) — распространён в тропической Африке и Южной Индии. Ареалы всех остальных видов ограничены Южной Африкой.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 262
- With media
- 142
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- NY, IBUNAM, UFERSA, CPATSA, DBG, UFG
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brasil, Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Benin, Mozambique
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Leonotis nepetifolia (Deepmal) in Narshapur, AP W2 IMG 1165.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Leonotis
- taxon common name
- 狮耳花属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Leonotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. One species, Leonotis nepetifolia, is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It is naturalized throughout most of the tropics. The other species are endemic to southern + eastern Africa.
Leonotis was named by Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The name means "lion's ear".
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