Lamiaceae

Ajuga L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 561 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Maluku, Manchuria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New South Wales, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Irkutsk, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 246 (1754)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 201 (2004)
  • Sp. Pl.: 561 (1753)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Abiga St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 85 (1880).
  • Ajuga L., Sp. Pl. 2: 561 (1753)
  • Bugula Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
  • Bulga Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 512 (1891).
  • Chamaepitys Hill, Brit. Herb.: 371 (1756).
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 246 (1754).
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Moscharia Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 158 (1775).
  • Phleboanthe Tausch, Flora 11: 322 (1828).
  • Rosenbachia Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 613 (1886).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 2030] India K001114930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2035] Burma K001114940 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2036] Burma K001114941 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2030] India K001114929 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2030] India K001114932 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [1538] Ethiopia K:SPC-35774.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2030] Nepal K001114927 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2033] India K001129358 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2033] India K001114936 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2030] India K001114931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fries, T.C.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [1088] Kenya K000509057 Yes
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.] Japan K000975067 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2032] K001114934 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hodgson, C.P. [s.n.] Japan K000975068 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2030] Nepal K001114928 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 2035] Bangladesh K001114939 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Witte [1802] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000192980 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0