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

Zambia: 12 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
fulvipila Bramley	N	N
glabrata (Vahl) R. Br.	S	S	Description, Image
martinicensis R. Br.	B,N,C,S	Cb,N,Lk,S,W	Description, Image
menthifolia Baker		N
milanjiana Gürke	E	E,C	Description, Image
nyassae Gürke var. nyassae	N,W,C,E,S	Nw,N,E,C,Lk,S	Description, Image
princei (Sebald) Bramley [LR-nt]	N,C	N
songeana Sebald	C	Lk	Description, Image
stormsii Gürke var. parviflora Bramley	N,W	N
stormsii Gürke var. stormsii	W	Nw
subarcuata Sebald	N,C	N,C
tettensis Vatke	B,N,C,E,S	N,E,Lk

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