Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 684 1885. ;
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S. India, Sri Lanka, Peninsula Malaysia as per POWO;
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ID requested: Leucas chinesis? (Mudumalai, Nilgiris, TN): 5 images.

Leucas chinensis?
Dry deciduous forests, Mudumalai, Nilgiris, TN
September 2019
~ 900 m altitude.


Looks different !


Appears close to images at Leucas lanata Benth.
But the teeth of the calyx are creating some doubt in my mind.


It is Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis


 

 


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References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  India Biodiversity Portal (Leucas marrubioides) IBIS Flora
On the identity of Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis Hook. f. (Lamioideae: Lamiaceae)– SUNOJKUMAR PURAYIDATHKANDY & P. Mathew- January 2008 (Abstract- J. D. Hooker established the taxon Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis. This name was considered as a synonym of Leucas angularis Wallich ex Benth. by Gamble, Mukerjee and Singh. A study of the types of Leucas marrubioides Desf., Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis Hook. f. and Leucas angularis Wallich ex Benth., collection of fresh specimens and consultation of different herbaria helped us to reinstate the taxon Leucas marrubioides var. pulneyensis)