Leonurus japonicus

Leonurus japonicus

Leonurus japonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Leonureae
Genus: Leonurus
Species: Leonurus japonicus

Name

Leonurus japonicus Houtt., 1778

Homonyms

• Leonurus japonicus Miq. = Leonurus macranthus Maxim.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Leonurus sibiricus Anon. in ?, sensu auct.
  • Stachys artemisia Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 365 (1790).
  • Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 197 (1827).
  • Leonurus altissimus Bunge ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 521 (1834).
  • Leonurus cuneifolius Raf., Autik. Bot.: 117 (1840).
  • Leonurus intermedius Didr., Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1849: 14 (1849).
  • Leonurus mexicanus Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 136 (1894).
  • Leonurus sibiricus var. albiflorus Migo, J. Shanghai Sci. Inst., ser. 3, 3: 7 (1935).
  • Leonurus sibiricus f. niveus A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov, Zap. Kharbin. Obshch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 12: 35 (1954).
  • Leonurus heterophyllus f. leucanthus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 163 (1965).
  • Leonurus artemisia (Lour.) S.Y.Hu, J. Chinese Univ. Hong Kong 2: 381 (1974).
  • Leonurus artemisia var. albiflorus (Migo) S.Y.Hu, J. Chinese Univ. Hong Kong 2: 381 (1974).
  • Leonurus japonicus f. niveus (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 51: 227 (1976).
  • Leonurus japonicus f. albiflorus (Migo) Y.C.Zhu, Pl. Medic. Chinae Bor.-Orient.: 971 (1989).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Amur, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Nansei-shoto Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Taiwan, Xinjiang Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland Introduced into:** Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Buryatiya, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Iowa, Jamaica, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Manitoba, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Caledonia, New York, Nicaragua, Niue, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Society Is., St.Helena, Suriname, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Houttuyn, M., 1778. Natural History; the Magazine of the American Museum of Natural History. New York 2(9):366, t. 57, fig. 1.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Leonurus japonicus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Mar 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Leonurus japonicus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 Mar 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Leonurus japonicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 25 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Leonurus japonicus. Published online. Accessed Mar 25 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Leonurus japonicus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese motherwort
日本語: メハジキ
한국어: 익모초
português: chá-de-frade, cordão-de-São-Francisco, erva-de-macaé
中文: 益母草

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