Roylea

Roylea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Roylea
Wall. ex Benth.
Species: R. cinerea
Binomial name
Roylea cinerea
(D.Don) Baill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ballota cinerea D.Don
  • Roylea elegans Wall. ex Benth.
  • Phlomis calycina Roxb.
  • Roylea calycina (Roxb.) Briq.

Roylea is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family, first described as a genus in 1830. It contains only one known species, Roylea cinerea, native to the Western Himalayas of Nepal and northern India.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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