''Anisomeles'' is a

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of the family

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and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 188, 广防风属 guang fang feng shu, ''Anisomeles'' R. Brown, Prodr. 503. 1810.
/ref> Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have small, flat, narrow elliptic to narrow e.g.-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the edges of the leaves sometimes wavy or serrated. The flowers are arranged in groups, with five

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s and five petals in two "lips", the lower lip with three lobes, the middle lobe much longer than the side lobes. There are four

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s that extend beyond the petals and a single

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in a depression on top of the

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. The fruit is a

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with four nutlets containing small seeds.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Anisomeles'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his ''

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''. The name ''Anisomeles'' means "unequal limbs", referring to the petal lobes.

Species list

The following is a list of species of ''Anisomeles'' accepted by

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Anisomeles ajugacea ''Anisomeles ajugacea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a low-lying shrub with egg-shaped to heart-shaped stem-leaves with a gradual transition to flora bracts on the upper part of the ...

'' ( F.M.Bailey & F.Muell.) A.R.Bean - Queensland * ''

Anisomeles antrorsa ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Queensland * ''

Anisomeles bundelensis ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of Herbaceous plant, herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anis ...

'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory * ''

Anisomeles candicans ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

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- Myanmar, Thailand * ''

Anisomeles carpentarica ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Queensland * ''

Anisomeles eriodes ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Queensland * ''

Anisomeles farinacea ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Western Australia * ''

Anisomeles grandibracteata ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory * ''

Anisomeles indica ''Anisomeles indica'', or catmint, is a species of herbaceous plant native to eastern Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include Ch ...

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- China, Tibet, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Christmas Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Madagascar; naturalized in Fiji, Samoa, Jamaica, Trinidad * ''

Anisomeles inodora ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' R.Br. - Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia * ''

Anisomeles languida ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Queensland * ''

Anisomeles leucotricha ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory * ''

Anisomeles macdonaldii ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Queensland * ''

Anisomeles malabarica ''Anisomeles malabarica'', more commonly known as the Malabar catmint, is a species of herbaceous shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of India, and Sri Lanka, but can also be found in Malaysia, Bangla ...

'' (L.) R.Br. ex Sims - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Mauritius, Réunion, northern Australia * ''

Anisomeles ornans ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Queensland * ''

Anisomeles papuana ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Guinea, Queensland * ''

Anisomeles principis ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have smal ...

'' A.R.Bean - Lesser Sunda Is., Western Australia * '' Anisomeles tirunelveliensis'' Rajakumar, Selvak. & S.Murug. - India * '' Anisomeles viscidula'' A.R.Bean - Northern Territory, Western Australia * ''

Anisomeles vulpina ''Anisomeles'' is a genus of herbs of the family Lamiaceae and is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Plants in the genus ''Anisomeles'' have sma ...

'' A.R.Bean - Queensland * '' Anisomeles × intermedia''

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ex Benth. - India

References

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