Lamiaceae
Orthosiphon

Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen

First published in Reinwardtia 5: 42 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, India to Indo-China, Central & E. Jawa. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Myanmar, Thailand

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Repu, China Southeast, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2005). Taxonomic Revision of the tribe Ocimeae Dumort (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60: 3-75.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Figueiredo & Smith, Pl. Angola: 108 (2008).
  • Paton in F.T.E.A., Lamiaceae: 185 (2009).
  • Sleesen in Reinwardtia 5: 42 (1952).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2005). Taxonomic Revision of the tribe Ocimeae Dumort (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60: 3-75.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Eth. 5: 582 (2006).
  • Fl. Madag. 175: 128 (1998)
  • K.B. 60: 7 (2005)
  • Reinwardtia 5: 42 (1952)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2012 Hemp, A. [5642] Tanzania K000735701 No
Jan 1, 2009 Collenette, J.S. [7153] K000248478 No
Nov 1, 2005 Lort Phillips [306] Somalia K000347190 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Hildebrandt, J.M. [2747] Kenya K000347197 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Holst, C. [3561a] Tanzania K000347200 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Schweinfurth, G. [2765] Sudan K000347189 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Wakefield, T. [s.n.] Kenya K000347199 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Monteiro [s.n.] Angola K000347209 Type Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Schweinfurth, G. [3818] K000347188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2005 Hildebrandt, J.M. [2746] Kenya K000347198 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1964 Evans, I.H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000897133 No
Apr 1, 1964 Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K000897132 No
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1428] Somalia K000347191 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gossweiler, J. [9217] Angola K001008855 Yes
Wigh [2501] K000911648 Holotype Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] K000911649 Syntype Yes
Gossweiler, J. [8375] Angola K001008854 Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] India K000911633 Syntype Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] India K000911634 Syntype Yes
[Youlkes, G.] [s.n.] K000911635 Type Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [A.87] Angola K001008853 Yes
s.coll. [2723] K000911636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] K001080747 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [A.21] Angola K001008856 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000911637 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [2107] India K000911638 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C., B. [10461 B] K000911639 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2724] India Orthosiphon glabratus K001116952 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2724] India Orthosiphon glabratus K001116951 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2724] Orthosiphon glabratus K001116953 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Bolus, H. [11011] South Africa Orthosiphon suffrutescens K000347223 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Davy, B. [1744] South Africa Orthosiphon suffrutescens K000347227 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Wilms, F. [2189] South Africa Orthosiphon suffrutescens K000347224 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilms, F. [1113] South Africa Orthosiphon suffrutescens K000347226 Type Yes
Medley Wood, J. [4963] South Africa Orthosiphon suffrutescens K000347225 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1999 s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia Orthosiphon petiolaris K000897109 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1999 s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia Orthosiphon petiolaris K000897110 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Nguyen, V.D. [HNK-1417(de Kok 1217)] Vietnam Orthosiphon marmoritis K000249939 No
Ford, C. [146] China Orthosiphon marmoritis K000911671 Holotype Yes
Sampson, T. [17725] China Orthosiphon marmoritis K000911672 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2723] Orthosiphon viscosus K001116949 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2723] India Orthosiphon viscosus K001116950 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2881] Tanzania Orthosiphon australis K:SPC-04781.000 No
Chancellor, R.J. [157] Uganda Orthosiphon australis K:SPC-02767.000 No

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