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 with a few species in Queensland and on various islands in the Indian Ocean.

Species

The Plant List recognises 133 accepted species :
  • 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.