Leucosceptrum

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

Leucosceptrum is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family, 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, Bangladesh), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam).[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 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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