7268.000 Leucas R. Br.

LASIOCORYS Benth.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Inflorescence of few-many-flowered, often subspherical, whorls; bracts leaf-like; bracteoles linear, ascending. Calyx tubular, 10-nerved, straight or curved, with 5-10 equal or unequal spine-tipped teeth. Corolla 2-lipped, white; upper lip usually entire and hairy; lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe longest. Stamens 4.

Similar to the genus Acrotome. The differences are explained under that genus.

Worldwide: 150 species from Africa and Arabia to Indomalesia

Zimbabwe: 13 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aggerestris (Wild) Sebald[End][LR-lc]	N
capensis (Benth.) Engl.	W	Description, Image
deflexa Hook. f. var. deflexa	E	Description, Image
glabrata (Vahl) R. Br.	W,C,E,S	Description, Image
hephaestis (Wild) Sebald[End][VU]	N
martinicensis R. Br.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
menthifolia Baker	C,E
milanjiana Gürke	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
neuflizeana Courbon var. neuflizeana	W,E,S	Description, Image
nyassae Gürke var. nyassae	N,C,E	Description, Image
sexdentata Skan	E,S	Description, Image
songeana Sebald	C	Description, Image
tettensis Vatke	N,W,C,E,S

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