Platostoma

Platostoma africanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Ociminae
Genus: Platostoma
Species: P. africanum – P. albiflorum – P. annamense – P. axillaris – P. becquerelii – P. busbanianum – P. calcaratum – P. cambodgense – P. clausum – P. cochinchinense – P. coeruleum – P. coloratum – P. denticulatum – P. dilungense – P. elongatum – P. fastigiatum – P. fimbriatum – P. gabonense – P. glomerulatum – P. grandiflorum – P. hemratianum – P. hildebrandtii – P. hispidum – P. intermedium – P. kerrii – P. lanceolatum – P. laxiflorum – P. leptochilon – P. longicorne – P. madagascariense – P. mekongense – P. menthoides – P. montanum – P. ocimoides – P. ovatum – P. palniense – P. palustre – P. parnellianum – P. rotundifolium – P. rubrum – P. siamense – P. stoloniferum – P. strictum – P. taylorii – P. tectum – P. tenellum – P. thymifolium – P. tridechii – P. verbenifolium

Name

Platostoma P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 61 (1818).

Type species: Platostoma africanum P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 61 (1818).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Mesona Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 838 (1826)
  - Type species: M. palustris Blume ≡ Platostoma palustre (Blume) A.J.Paton
- Acrocephalus Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1282, 13 (1829)
  - Type species: A. scariosus Benth. = Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton
- Geniosporum Wall. ex Benth., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1300 (1830)
  - Type species: G. prostratum (L.) Benth. = Platostoma menthoides (L.) A.J.Paton
- Nosema Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 20 (1904) nom. illeg. hom. vide Nosema Nägeli, (1857) (Nosematidae)
  - Type species: N. capitatum Prain = Platostoma cochinchinense (Lour.) A.J.Paton
- Limniboza R.E.Fr., Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exped. 1: 277 (1916)
  - Type species: L. coerulea R.E.Fr. ≡ Platostoma coeruleum (R.E.Fr.) A.J.Paton
- Hemsleia Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 142 (1929)
  - Type species: H. calcarata (Hemsl.) Kudô ≡ Platostoma calcaratum (Hemsl.) A.J.Paton
- Ceratanthus F.Muell. ex G.Taylor, J. Bot. 74: 3 (1936)
  - Type species: C. longicornis (F.Muell.) G.Taylor ≡ Platostoma longicorne (F.Muell.) A.J.Paton
- Octomeron Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 28 (1943)
  - Type species: O. montanum Robyns ≡ Platostoma montanum (Robyns) A.J.Paton

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laccadive Islands, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - Queensland.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1807–1820. Flore d'Oware et de Bénin, en Afrique. Tome Second. 95 pp. p. LVI–CXX. Paris. BHL Bibliotheca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Paton, A.J. 1997. Classification and Species of Platostoma and Its Relationship with Haumaniastrum (Labiatae). Kew Bulletin 52(2): 257–292. JSTOR Reference page.
Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. 2005. Taxonomic Revision of Tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60(1): 3–75. JSTOR Reference page.
Suddee, S., Paton, A.J., Parnell, J.A.N., Puudjaa, P., Kiewbang, W. & Rueangruea, S. 2019. Five new species of Platostoma (Lamiaceae) from North-Eastern Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 47(2): 226–240. DOI: 10.20531/tfb.2019.47.2.13 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Platostoma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Platostoma. Published online. Accessed: June 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Platostoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 June 2014.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Mesona
فارسی: بلاتوستوما
Tiếng Việt: Nosema
中文: 仙草属

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