Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 60: 235 1985. (Hyssopus lophanthoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Isodon lophanthoides var. brachyanthus (Hook.f.) B.G.Kulk., Lakshmin. & Das Das; Isodon lophanthoides var. gerardianus (Benth.) H.Hara; Plectranthus gerardianus Benth. [Illegitimate]; Plectranthus lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Grierson & D.G.Long; Plectranthus lophanthoides var. gerardianus (Benth.) Bennet; Plectranthus striatus var. gerardianus (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.; Rabdosia lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara; Rabdosia lophanthoides var. gerardiana (Benth.) H.Hara ……………);
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EYE-so-don — equal-toothed … Dave’s Botanary
¿ low-fan-THOY-deez ? — resembles Lophanthus genus; crested flower … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: crested flower isodon • Dogri: गंध कोटल gandh kotal • Nepali: मसिनो चारपाते masino chaarapaate, मसिनो चेप्टे masino chepte
Names further compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/isodon-lophanthoides-buch-ham-ex-ddon.html
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Names of Plants in India :: Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara:
¿ low-fan-THOY-deez ? — resembles Lophanthus genus; crested flower … Dave’s Botanarycommonly known as: crested flower isodon • Dogri: गंध कोटल gandh kotal • Nepali: मसिनो चारपाते masino chaarapaate, मसिनो चेप्टे masino cheptebotanical names: Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara … homotypic synonyms: Hyssopus lophanthoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don • Plectranthus lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Grierson & D.G.Long • Rabdosia lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara … and more at POWO … accepted infraspecifics: Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides … heterotypic synonyms: Plectranthus stocksii Hook.f. • Plectranthus striatus Hook.f. & Thomson • Plectranthus wightii J.Graham, sensu auct. … and more at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names … efloraofindia
*Jharkhand, *Karnataka, *Kerala, *Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram,
*Nagaland, Sikkim, *Tamil Nadu, *Uttarakhand, *West Bengal
- Botanical Survey of India
- Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 – 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
- for Plectranthus stocksii Hook.f. … Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak
- for Plectranthus stocksii Hook.f. … The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
- for Plectranthus lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Grierson & D.G.Long …Medicinal & Aromatic plants of Sikkim from FRLHT
* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/isodon-lophanthoides-buch-ham-ex-ddon.html
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ID Request 1 – North Bengal White Wildflowers – 10May09SJ – indiantreepix | Google Groups :
while a couple of earlier posts await identification, thought I would send my quota for the day. Here is the first – this is a White series.
Looks like “Isodon lophanthoides” from Lamiaceae family.
I second … ID
… perhaps there is some difference between when you identify from books and study plants without flowers. Luckily we saw both on our trip to Chakrata and you must have seen we uploaded them also
Your Isodon1 is Plectranthus barbatus. (syn:Coleus barbatus (Andrews) Benth.; Coleus forskohlii (Poir.) Briquet😉
your Isodon2 is Isodon lophanthoides (syn Plectranthus gerardianus)
I hope now your doubts are over
I think your Isodon1 appears close to images at Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudô
Altitude 2100 mts
Habit herb
Habitat wild
Height 12 inches
Season September
Can it be Isodon sp. of Lamiaceae (I. rugosus)
This plant is Isodon lophanthoides (syn Plectranthus gerardianus)
Time: November 16, 2011 at 8.07am
Habit: erect herb, about a metre high
Habitat: growing wild in evergreen forest
Plant: growing gregariously, single-stemmed – not branched
Leaf: somewhat similar to that of Plectranthus mollis, size and arrangement-wise
Inflorescence: about a foot long panicle, terminal as well as axillary
Flower size: about 10 – 12 mm long
I hope Isodon lophanthoides (syn Plectranthus gerardianus)
Am convinced it to be Isodon lophanthoides (family: Lamiaceae).
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at Ooty on November 16, 2011
Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: Lamiaceae- Isodon lophanthoides:
Isodon lophanthoides
Family: Lamiaceae
Dt: 03-10-09
Location: On the way from Kas to Mahabaleshwar
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Kas WeeK: PKA11:— Isodon lophanthoides: Isodon lophanthoides
Family: Lamiaceae
Dt: 03-10-09
Location: On the way from Kas to Mahabaleshwar
Isodon rugosus from Chakrata:
This one is Isodon rugosus (Wall. ex Benth.) Codd shot from Chakrata trip last September.
It is Isodon lophanthoides (syn Plectranthus gerardianus)
Yes Sir, Thanks a lot for correction.
very nice, does it have any scent when you crush the leaves?
I think all of us on the trip missed that point, especially I never crushed the leaves or smelt the flowers of this, of course it would be having nice fragrance…
That’s alright, some plectranthus have nice smell… and their surface “hairs” always look as if they have some oil droplets… and in Calcutta air they trap dark particles that dont wash away easily… that’s all
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Isodon lopanthoides…
Flora of Himachal Pradesh: 30102013 BS3 Another Lamiaceae herb for id from Shimla : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Pls id one more Lamiaceae herb from shimla
to me it looks like Isodon sp
Yes, should be Isodon lophanthoides..
Thanks again … for so fast id
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Another Mint? : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
This is another plant spreading along the slopes here. I suspect it’s also from the mint family. Could you please help me identify it.
Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
19 September 2014
Plant can be 1-2 ft tall.
This looks like Isodon lopanthoides.. from Mint family as you suspected..
Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID validation – Lamiaceae :: ARKOCT-30 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Requesting to please validate ID of this Lamiaceae member captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014.
Is this Isodon lophanthoides?
Yes it is Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara,
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Was posted on the forum earlier and identified.
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AKOCT28 ID please for this Lamiaceae herb. : 5 posts by 2 authors. 3 images.
Location: Landour, near Mussoorie.
I am sorry, I could not able to identify, feel it might be of Plectranthus group.
Check Isodon lophanthoides
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Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae ::Isodon lophanthoides.:: SMPMAY45/45 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.
Isodon lophanthoides
Mahabaleshwar
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Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Isodon lopanthoides from Gori Valley- NS May 56/56 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
These are the pics recorded from Gori valley..
Isodon lopanthoides..
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ANMAY09/45 Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Isodon sp. for identification : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (13)
Date: 26th December 2015
Place: Agumbe, Karnataka
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Riparian
This was earlier identified as Isodon sp. by … and then later … too agreed.
Isodon in Digital Fl. Karnataka provides the following species.
Identification feature according to JCB is the presence of red glands on the underside of leaves and calyx and corolla. I am not sure if they are present on the leaves and corolla but the calyx is definitely dotted with red glands. I am attaching a close up of the calyx.
May I know how did you identify the genus, please.
Do not know where to begin with generic level identification for Lamiaceae yet.
Well, I do not know either.
- http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K001067880
- http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K001067882
- http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K001067946
FoC says Lamiaceae flowers are bisexual. Then why in its illustrations it shows female flower in another species – http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=4495&flora_id=2?
Heyne’s specimen has been collected from ‘Baba Budan Hills’ which is the current day Bababudangiri in Chikamagalur, a shola grassland area. The altitude is known to affect the size of almost all plants, according to one professor who told me this. This could be the reason for the small size. Although I cannot be sure, I do not know the scientific reason to explain this.
As to the second part- Polygamous flowers? Female flowers with staminodes? I do not know. May be someone acquainted with this can answer!
Thank you for the info, after quite a search found that lamiaceae can show gynomonoecy – http://www.scielo.br/
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Found growing by a river side
26th December 2014
Agumbe, Karnataka
This looks to be an Isodon sp.
i was wondering that it may be
Isodon– species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available)
Reply from another thread:
Identification feature according to JCB is the presence of red glands on the underside of leaves and calyx and corolla. I am not sure if they are present on the leaves and corolla but the calyx is definitely dotted with red glands. I am attaching a close up of the calyx.- from …
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Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara (accepted name) ?? : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (12)
shot at Pashupati Forest Kathmandu on 16 October 2016 at 4400 ft.
Very nice images, I think rightly identified too….
Nepali names: मसिनो चेप्टे Masino Chepte/ मसिनो चारपाते Masino Chaarapaate
Beautiful photos as usual, … Many thanks for sharing the local names (in native script) too !!
Attachments (7)
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Isodon lophanthoides : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
second week of October 2016
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Labiate for id 151110MK1: Kindly id this Lamiaceae.
Date/Time- 06-11-2010 / 11:00 AM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPca.2200asl; Kodaikanal, TN
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- closer to water-falls; shola
Plant Habit-herb
Height/Length- 0.8 m
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- ca.5 x 3 cm; villose
Inflorescence Type/ Size- raceme; 5-7cm longer
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- white
– Looks like some Isodon sp. (Lamiaceae).
– Not ‘rugosus’ the leaves look different
Could this be Isodon coetsa (D. Don) Kudo.?
– Orthosiphon sp.???
Appears closer to images at Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara
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14.11.10.SP 3 :
Pl. identify following plant.
Date: 14.11.2010
place: Dalhousiae, Chamba district in Himachal
It is better to take the photographs of such specimen on a black back ground for better clarity, using black paper.
Lamiaceae member; may be Isodon?
could this be Isodon nigrescens?
Its a wild guess…
Lamiaceae for ID ABAUG2016/56 : 7 posts by 4 authors. 6 images.
21 August 2016
Yes …, Please check Isodon lopanthoides….!!!
Thank you again … I had thought so too initially but the leaves in photos on the internet look so different (my sample looks closer to a spurge) that I dismissed that thought. The leaves on my sample are thick and leathery with tips curved up on the ones on top. Do you think it’s just a variation? Please advise.
Does not match with images of Isodon lopanthoides at
http://www.flowersofindia.net/
Kalatope id al250911
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ANMAY09/45 Lamiaceae (Incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Isodon sp. for identification
This is like a cat nip. similar type of plant.
Upper leaves appear a bit deformed. In the leaves there is a lot of variation as can be seen at Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara
Thank you … … had kindly pointed out the variation in leaves last year too. Thank you for re-examining it. I am looking forward to returning soon and finding these plants flowering.
Populations: common throughout SNP
Some Plectranthus sp.
Pl. check comparative images at
The posted images give impression of Isodon lopanthoides..
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This may be Isodon lopanthoides…
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Pics taken at Aambyvalley Rd.,Lonavala,Pune in Oct.,16. From l have seen on eflora and the net it matches.
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154-TSP-ID-01FEB2018-3: A herb near Chikmagalur for ID assistance. : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Kindly examine and identify this plant
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild,Semi-evergreen forest
Sighting: Near Chikmagalur,Karnataka,about 1200 msl
Date: 10-10-2015
Thanks, …, I was a little worried about the spots on the petals.
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Habit : Wild
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SK865 17 NOV-2017:ID : 12 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)
Date: 12 November 2017
Appears interesting.
Yes, looks like. I thought it to be Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara so took some random shots but while checking at home flower pattern looked different.
Unfortunately, I did not collect specimen also.
Very interesting, I’ve not come across! Pl. check Fl China too!
Could you please guide me which genus to check specially ? Isodon ??
Did not find match with any Labiatae found in the Kathmandu
Any further opinions ?
But I am still confused … since the flower image does not match with so may images I had clicked of Isodon lophanthoides (Ruch.-Ham. ex D. Don)
Ask Dr. Chunlei, if it can be from any of these species.
I think Nepal species are give under Rabdosia as below. Pl. check
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=110&start_taxon_id=127871
Yes, it looks different.
and there is no shame in holding on to a set of pictures as Dubia like … taught us until such time that our reading and knowledge catches up with our camera shutters.
… go thru the list on that page link in … post, take each species and read about it, google it etc etc to find your sp id. if the latest exercise does not yield, let it rest, it will come to us/you
It is Isodon lophanthoides !
Has anything changed since last discussion?
I have shot few images yesterday. I shall post in few days time.
Yes. I agree with you.
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| 03-10-09- On the way from Kas to Mahabaleshwar; Mahabaleshwar, Nov 2009; | Isodon lophanthoides – indiantreepix | Google Groups | Is it Isodon lophanthoides? – efloraofindia | Google Groups |
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Habit : Wild
Attachments (2)- 1 mb and 4 mb.
Attachments (1)- 5 mb.
Attachments (1)- 6 mb.
This time I did not shot that way since I had posted couples earlier.
url of that or those threads please
but I did not see the purple var plant in entirety. also the second link is the only one with full plant
I just wanted to show the variation of colors.
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Iruppu Falls Coorg
Yes! Nice.
very nice. isodon sounds like a mastodon, long extinct… ha ha
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SK 2798 21 October 2020 : 12 posts by 2 authors. 7 images- 4 to 7 mb each.
POWO and Catalogue of Life, mention only this variety other than the type variety.
I guess this is different.
I want to know if you have collected specimens and would you share some leaves to me please?
Isodon phulchokiensis is in another mail.
Yes, it is Isodon lophanthoides var. graciliflorus. Thanks for sharing beautiful pictures.
Habitat : Wild
I. lopanthoides !
SK 2860 07 January 2021: (Mixed thread): 8 high resolution images.
Yes, it is Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides
Thank you … Is there any difference between
Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara and Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides ?
Both mean the same thing.
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline/
Both infraspecies are different.
Yes, …
Before Isodon lophanthoides var. graciliflorus (Benth.) H.Hara was published, there was only Isodon iophanthoides and there was no need of writing Isodon iophanthoides as Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides
OK … ! I was confused according to the post from …
…, there is a simple rule of nomenclature. A species may not have any infraspecific taxon (subspecies, variety, forma) but once a variant is recognised as infraspecific taxon, it automatically creates two, the variant taxon and type taxon which will get the same epithet as specific epithet. We call it autonym.
Yes, may be Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudô as per details and images herein and as per comparative images at Isodon
I think different Isodon !
That is the closest I can go, until you come with a better alternative.
OK … I shall try to get the flowering stage !
var. of Isodon lophanthoides
Location : Lurh tlang
Habitat : Wild
Flowers not clear. may be I. lopanthoides !
May I request you to pl. post high res. images of flowers, to check the details.
1 high res. image
Posted images appear close to … images at Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara
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MS,Oct.,2021/44 Isodon sp. ? for id.:
Location : Lurh tlang
Habitat : Wild
Could not find a match as per comparative images at Isodon.
Any keys?
Maybe Isodon hispidus as per POWO specimens- one and two.
But I have to see the details.
Pl. post high res. images.
1 high res. images.
This must be: efi thread
Keys in Flora of China are on the lines of those in The Flora of Mizoram, as below:
| 48 (47) | Calyx densely villous | 25 Isodon hispidus | |
| + | Calyx sparsely villous basally | 26 Isodon lophanthoides |
POWO says “This species (I. hispidus) is very similar to Isodon lophanthoides, and the two species are often confused in herbaria. In the wild, I. hispidus is a larger and more pubescent taxon, although the types (Wall. Cat. 2741) are less hairy than some specimens”
So we take it as Isodon lophanthoides for the time being.
Yes, it is Isodon only, may be I scrophularoides or coets, unless specimens studies species identity difficult.
It looks different from images at Isodon scrophularioides and Isodon coetsa
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Location : Khawbung
Habitat :Wild
Isodon. Please send flower close ups !
Pl. post a high res. image.
1 high res. image
Markings on flowers are not clear.
But superficially looks like Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara, as per images and details herein.
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Isodon lophanthoides var. graciliflorus (Benth.) H.Hara: 10 very high res. images.
Habit : Wild
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Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara: 3 very high res. images.
Habit : Wild
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MS, April,2022/18 Isodon sp. for id: 1 high res. image.
Location : Vanchengpui, Mizoram
Altitude : ca. 1,000 m.
Date : 19-11-2015
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wild
Not easy to ID with this image. Cannot see flowers while enlarging.
Could be lopanthoides !
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Help me to identify the plant sp.of family Lamiaceae: 6 high res. images.
Location:Ganderbal J&K
Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara !
Agree with images at Isodon lophanthoides
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380 ID wild plant Ocimum: 14 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 23.10.2022, 12.50pm
Habitat: wild moisture, misty sanded rocky hill, shady
Plant habit: small shrub, erect branches, weak hairy angular stem, 05mm base diameter, annual
Height: 02.5 feet
Leaves: opposite, weak, heart shaped, acute, purplish underneath, serrated margins, hairy both sides, size upto:09×5cm
Flower: axillary/terminal panicle racemose, size:03x4x7mm, white with purple spots, lite fragrance
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
According to the distribution it should be Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides !
Yes, appears close to images at Isodon lophanthoides
Yes,. it is Isodon lophanthoides var. lophanthoides, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,
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MS,Nov.,2022/07 Isodon sp. ? for id: 3 images.
Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram
Habitat : Wild
Please campare with Isodon lophanthoides.
Yes, as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/09/isodon-lophanthoides/
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Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara: 3 high res. images.
I am wondering why the abaxial side of the leaf of this sp. is purple, only from this locality ?
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MS, ov.,2023/15 Herb for id: 2 images.
Location : Ailawng, Mizoram
Habitat : Wild
Isodon sp. [Lamiaceae]. It reminds me of Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara.
ID is correct !
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Isodon lopanthoides:
Please have a look at the attached link:
FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE III: ISODON LOPHANTHOIDES VAR.
SESSILIS PENDRY (LAMIACEAE), A NEW VARIETY FROM NEPAL: C A Pendry
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