Lamiaceae

Lavandula L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 572 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia to Medit. and India.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Western Sahara, Yemen

Introduced into:

Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, Germany, Krym, Marianas, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Tasmania, Venezuela, Vermont, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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 Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Miller in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 503–528 (1985)
  • Upson & Andrews, The genus Lavandula (2004).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Andrews, S. (2004).
  • Gunther, E. (1949). The essential oils. Individual essential oils of the plant families Rutaceae and Labiatae, vol. 3.

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Chaetostachys Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 19 (1830)., (1831).
  • Chaytor, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 51: 153-204 (1937)
  • Fabricia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 188 (1763).
  • 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
  • Isinia Rech.f., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 99: 47 (1952).
  • Lavandula L., Sp. Pl. 2: 572 (1753)
  • Lavendula L., Syst. Nat. (1735), orth. var.
  • Sabaudia Buscal. & Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 491 (1913).
  • Stoechas Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
  • Styphonia Medik., Staatsw. Vorles. Churpf. Phys. Oek. Ges. 1: 230 (1791).
  • Upson, doctoral thesis, Reading U., unpublished (1997).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Viviani, D. [s.n.] K001067903 Type Yes
Viviani, D.; Lindley [s.n.] K001067902 Isotype Yes
Western, T. [21] K:SPC-66937.000 No
Ball, J. [s.n.] Morocco K000193426 Type Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000193427 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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