Lawsonia (Lythraceae)

Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus:
Species: L. inermis

Name

Lawsonia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Alkanna Adans., Fam. 2: 444 (1763), nom. rej. versus Alkanna Tausch. (1824)
    • Henna Boehm. in Defin. Gen. Pl.: 229 (1760)
    • Pontaletsje Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 159 (1763)
    • Rotantha Baker, Gen. Index J. Bot. Linn. Soc. 25: 317. (1890)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
  • Continental:Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India
    • Regional: Peninsular
      • Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • Continental:Southern America
    • Regional: Centralca
      • Panamá
    • duced into:0
      • Algeria, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Vernacular names

  • مصرى: لُوسُونِيَة
  • čeština: henovník
  • മലയാളം: ലോസോണിയ
  • 中文: 散沫花属
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