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A revision of Anisochilus Wall. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae)

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Sixteen species of Anisochilus are reviewed. Full synonymy, information about types, distributions, and a key to species are given. The type of the little known A. adenanthus Dalzell has been found and the widely used A. verticillatus is a synonym. A. sericeus and A. dysophylloides var. purpureus are synonyms of A. dysophylloides. A. henryi, a recently published name is a synonym of A. robustus. Nine names are lectotypified. The genus occurs in South Asia, from the East Himalaya, North Thailand, and South China in the North to Sri Lanka and Peninsular Thailand in the South.

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Boonyakrit Butchaya (BKF), Orathai Kerdkaew (BKF) and Holly Somerville (TCD) for the line drawings. The staff, directors and keepers of the herbaria mentioned in the treatment are thanked for making specimens available on loan for study, or providing facilities during visits. This work was partly supported by the Tobu fund, administered by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Index to Accepted Names and Synonyms in Anisochilus

Index to Accepted Names and Synonyms in Anisochilus

AnisochilusWall. ex Benth. 236

adenanthusDalzell 249

albidus Wight 249

argenteusGamble 250

cambodianusMurata 251

carnosus (L. f.) Wall. ex Benth. 240

var. glabrior (Schrad.) Benth. 240

var. glabrus (Schrad.) Benth. 240

var. purpurascens Benth. 240

var. villosior Benth. 240

var. viridis Benth. 240

var. eriocephalus (Benth.) Cooke 240

var. eriocephalus (Benth.) S. R. Paul 240

crassus Benth. 240

decussatus Dalzell 240

dysophylloidesBenth. 249

var. purpureus (Wight) Gamble 249

eriocephalus Benth. 240

glaber Schrad. 240

harmandii Doan 250

harmandiiDoan ex S. Suddee & A. J. Paton 250

henryi K. Ravik. & V. Lakshm. 246

pallidusWall. ex Benth. 253

paniculatusBenth. 243

plantagineusHook. f. 247

purpureus Wight 249

mitisR. A. Clement 238

polystachyusBenth. 255

robustusHook. f. 246

scaberBenth. 244

sericeus Benth. 249

sinensis Hance 255

suffruticosusWight 246

velutinusTrimen 242

verticillatus Hook. f. 249

wightiiHook. f. 244

Plectranthus dubius Spreng. 240

strobiliferus Roxb. 240

Lavandula carnosa L. f. 240

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Suddee, S., Paton, A. A revision of Anisochilus Wall. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae). Kew Bull 64, 235–257 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9115-5

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