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Leonurus

Summary

Leonurus (motherwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America.[2][3][4][5]

Leonurus
Leonurus cardiaca[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Leonurus
L.
Synonyms[2]
  • Cardiaca Mill.
  • Marrubiastrum Ség.

Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Species are sometimes confused with the related genus Leonotis.

Species[2]
  • Leonurus cardiaca L. - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran
  • Leonurus chaituroides C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan)
  • Leonurus deminutus V.I.Krecz. - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
  • Leonurus glaucescens Bunge - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia
  • Leonurus incanus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Kazakhstan
  • Leonurus japonicus Houtt. - Japan, Korea, Amur, Primorye, much of China (incl Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang), Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in North + South America, West Indies, Hawaii, Cape Verde, etc.
  • Leonurus kuprijanoviae Krestovsk. - Pakistan
  • Leonurus macranthus Maxim. - Japan, Primorye, Manchuria
  • Leonurus mongolicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita)
  • Leonurus nuristanicus Murata - Afghanistan
  • Leonurus oblongifolius Popov - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
  • Leonurus persicus Boiss. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
  • Leonurus pseudomacranthus Kitag. - Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China
  • Leonurus pseudopanzerioides Krestovsk. - Mongolia, Xinjiang
  • Leonurus pubescens Benth. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas
  • Leonurus quinquelobatus Gilib. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk
  • Leonurus royleanus Benth. - western Himalayas
  • Leonurus sibiricus L. - Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi)
  • Leonurus tataricus L. - Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk)
  • Leonurus tibeticus Krestovsk. - Tibet
  • Leonurus turkestanicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
  • Leonurus urticifolius C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Tibet
  • Leonurus villosissimus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Hebei)
  • Leonurus wutaishanicus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Shanxi)

References edit

  1. ^ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 162 益母草属 yi mu cao shu Leonurus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 584. 1753.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Genere Leonurus includes photos + European distribution maps
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps