Leucas

Leucas is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described by Robert Brown in 1810. It contains over 200 species, widespread over much of Africa, and southern and eastern Asia (Iran, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.) with a few species in Queensland and on various islands in the Indian Ocean.

==Species== The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species (including infraspecific names): Leucas abyssinica var. argyrophylla var. brachycalyx Leucas aequistylosa Leucas aggerestris Leucas alba Leucas alluaudii Leucas anandaraoana Leucas angularis Leucas angustissima Leucas argentea var. neumannii Leucas aspera Leucas bakeri Leucas beddomei Leucas biflora Leucas bracteosa Leucas calostachys var. schweinfurthii Leucas capensis Leucas cephalantha Leucas cephalotes Leucas chinensis f. riukiuensis Leucas ciliata Leucas clarkei Leucas collettii Leucas cuneifolia Leucas decemdentata var. angustifolia var. sebastiana Leucas deflexa var. biglomerulata var. deflexa var. kondowensis Leucas densiflora Leucas deodikarii Leucas dhofarensis Leucas diffusa Leucas discolor Leucas ebracteata Leucas ellipticifolia Leucas eriostoma var. lanata Leucas flagellifera Leucas fulvipila Leucas glabrata Leucas grandis Leucas hagghierensis Leucas helferi Leucas helianthemifolia Leucas helicterifolia Leucas hephaestis Leucas hirta Leucas hirundinaris Leucas hyssopifolia Leucas inflata Leucas jamesii Leucas kishenensis Leucas lamiifolia Leucas lanata Leucas lanceifolia Leucas lavandulifolia Leucas longifolia Leucas macrantha Leucas manipurensis Leucas marrubioides Leucas martinicensis Leucas masaiensis var. tricrenata var. venulosa Leucas mathewiana Leucas menthifolia var. fulva var. menthifolia Leucas milanjiana Leucas minimifolia Leucas minutiflora Leucas montana Leucas mukerjiana Leucas mwingensis Leucas nepetifolia Leucas neufliseana Leucas neuflizeana Leucas nubica Leucas nutans Leucas nyassae var. velutina Leucas oligocephala var. bowalensis var. oligocephala Leucas ovata Leucas pearsonii Leucas pechuelii Leucas penduliflora Leucas pilosa Leucas prostrata Leucas pseudoglabrata Leucas pubescens Leucas rosmarinifolia Leucas royleoides Leucas ruspoliana Leucas samhaensis Leucas sebaldiana Leucas sexdentata Leucas sivadasaniana Leucas somalensis Leucas songeana Leucas spiculifera Leucas spiculifolia Leucas stachydiformis Leucas stelligera Leucas stormsii Leucas stricta Leucas subarcuata Leucas suffruticosa Leucas teres Leucas tettensis Leucas tomentosa Leucas tsavoensis Leucas urticifolia Leucas urundensis Leucas usagarensis Leucas vestita var. angustifolia var. oblongifolia var. sericostoma Leucas virgata Leucas volkensii Leucas welwitschii Leucas wightiana Leucas wilsonii Leucas zeylanica var. walkeri A new species, Leucas sahyadriensis Sunojk., has recently been described and is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.