''Pycnostachys'' is a genus of plants in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba ...
, first described in 1826. It is native to
sub-Saharan Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
including
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families]
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;Species[
# '' Pycnostachys abyssinica'' Fresen. - Ethiopia
# '' Pycnostachys angolensis'' G.Taylor - Angola
# '' Pycnostachys batesii'' Baker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys chevalieri'' Briq. - Central African Republic
# '' Pycnostachys ciliata'' Bramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
# '' Pycnostachys coerulea'' Hook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar
# '' Pycnostachys congensis'' Gürke - Zaïre, Zambia
# '' Pycnostachys de-wildemaniana'' Robyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe
# '' Pycnostachys deflexifolia'' Baker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys descampsii'' Briq. - Zaïre
# '' Pycnostachys elliotii'' S.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys eminii'' Gürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys erici-rosenii'' R.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
# '' Pycnostachys goetzenii'' Gürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda
# '']Pycnostachys gracilis
''Pycnostachys'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.
;Species
# ''Pycnostachys abyssinica'' Fresen. - Ethiopia
# ''Pycnostachys angolensis'' G.Taylor - A ...
'' R.D.Good - Angola
# '' Pycnostachys graminifolia'' Perkins - Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys kassneri'' De Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys lancifolia'' Bramley - Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys meyeri'' Gürke - western + central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys nepetifolia'' Baker - Kenya
# '' Pycnostachys niamniamensis'' Gürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys orthodonta'' Gürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys parvifolia'' Baker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
# '' Pycnostachys prittwitzii'' Perkins - Zambia, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys pseudospeciosa'' Buscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia
# '' Pycnostachys recurvata'' Ryding - Ethiopia
# '' Pycnostachys reticulata'' (E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa
# '' Pycnostachys ruandensis'' De Wild. - east-central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys schliebenii'' Mildbr. - east-central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys schweinfurthii'' Briq - western + central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys speciosa'' Gürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
# '' Pycnostachys sphaerocephala'' Baker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre
# '' Pycnostachys stuhlmannii'' Gürke - central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys umbrosa'' (Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania
# ''Pycnostachys urticifolia
''Pycnostachys'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.
;Species
# ''Pycnostachys abyssinica'' Fresen. - Ethiopia
# ''Pycnostachys angolensis'' G.Taylor - A ...
'' Hook. - southeastern Africa
# '' Pycnostachys verticillata'' Baker - Zambia, Tanzania
References
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Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera