Leucas Sivadasaniana, A New Species Of Lamiaceae (leucas Sect. Astrodon) From Peninsular India

摘要

The new species Leucas sivadasaniana Sunojkumar (Lamiaceae), collected from the Kuda-chadri Hills of Karnataka in Peninsular India, is described and illustrated. It is related to L. beddomei (Hooker f.) Sunojkumar & P. Mathew, L. eriostoma Hooker f., and L. lamiifolia Desfontaines, from which the new species differs in having broadly cuneate leaves, long and densely villous bracteoles, a nonciliate calyx mouth, and triangular teeth. This species is included in Leucas sect. Astrodon Bentham.