Taxon:  Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) W. T. Aiton



Summary
Genus:
Leucas
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Lamioideae
Tribe:
Leucadeae
Nomen number:
450179
Place of publication:
Hortus kew. ed. 2, 3:409.  1811 (R. Brown, Prodr. 504.  1810, nom. inval.)
Comment:
  • Brown cited Phlomis martinicensis Sw., who had cited Clinopodium martinicense Jacq., as a member of Leucas but Brown did not actually make this combination in 1810 (Shenzhen ICN Art. 35.2)
  • the generic treatment and the species description in Hortus kewensis is not attributed to "Brown mss." so W. T. Aiton is the author of the name (see Shenzhen ICN Art. 46 Ex. 25)
Verified:
09/02/2014 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Clinopodium martinicense Jacq.

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Embryo drawing

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98 Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  3. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  7. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  8. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  9. Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  12. Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  13. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis R. Br.
  14. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  16. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  17. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaGauteng Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth-West Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOdisha Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis R. Br.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and BarbudaAntigua Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98 Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98 Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Tortola Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98 Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Malaysia
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], St. Lucia, Martinique, United States [Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola]
  • BRAZIL: Brazil

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98 Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  4. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  7. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  8. Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  9. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  10. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  11. Singh, V. 2001. Monograph on Indian Leucas R. Br. (Dronapushpi) Lamiaceae 118. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  12. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis R. Br.
  13. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia. Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
  14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  15. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: lists as Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=450179. Accessed 12 May 2026.