Leucosceptrum

Leucosceptrum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1806. It contains only one known species, Leucosceptrum canum, native to south-western China (Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan),the eastern Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Nagaland, Bangladesh), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam).[1][2]

Leucosceptrum
Leucosceptrum canum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Leucosceptrum
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Species:
L. canum
Binomial name
Leucosceptrum canum
Synonyms[1]
  • Clerodendrum leucosceptrum D.Don
  • Teucrium leucosceptrum (D.Don) Voigt
  • Teucrium macrostachyum Wall. ex Benth.
  • Comanthosphace nepalensis Kitam. & Murata

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 245 米团花 mi tuan hua Leucosceptrum canum Smith, Exot. Bot. 2: 113. 1805.


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