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Pycnostachys is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyLamiaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
119
With media
84
Family
Lamiaceae
Collections
MO, B, MEL, UT, NY, MNHN
Recorded in
Tanzania, Madagascar, Cameroon, Malawi, Angola, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Plectranthinae
Image
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taxon name
Pycnostachys
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Coleus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pycnostachys is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar. Species Pycnostachys abyssinica Fresen. - Ethiopia Pycnostachys angolensis G.Taylor - Angola Pycnostachys batesii Baker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda Pycnostachys chevalieri Briq. - Central African Republic Pycnostachys ciliata Bramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia Pycnostachys coerulea Hook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar Pycnostachys congensis Gürke - Zaïre, Zambia Pycnostachys de-wildemaniana Robyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe Pycnostachys deflexifolia Baker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Pycnostachys descampsii Briq. - Zaïre Pycnostachys elliotii S.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda Pycnostachys eminii Gürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania Pycnostachys erici-rosenii R.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda Pycnostachys gracilis R.D.Good - Angola Pycnostachys graminifolia Perkins - Tanzania Pycnostachys kassneri De Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania Pycnostachys lancifolia Bramley - Tanzania Pycnostachys meyeri Gürke - western + central Africa Pycnostachys nepetifolia Baker - Kenya Pycnostachys niamniamensis Gürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda Pycnostachys orthodonta Gürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania Pycnostachys parvifolia Baker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi Pycnostachys prittwitzii Perkins - Zambia, Tanzania Pycnostachys pseudospeciosa Buscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia Pycnostachys recurvata Ryding - Ethiopia Pycnostachys reticulata (E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa Pycnostachys ruandensis De Wild. - east-central Africa Pycnostachys schliebenii Mildbr. - east-central Africa Pycnostachys schweinfurthii Briq - western + central Africa Pycnostachys speciosa Gürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda Pycnostachys sphaerocephala Baker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre Pycnostachys stuhlmannii Gürke - central Africa Pycnostachys umbrosa (Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook. - southeastern Africa Pycnostachys verticillata Baker - Zambia, Tanzania

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