Moluccella

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Marrubieae
Genus:
Species: M. aucheri – M. bucharica – M. fedtschenkoana – M. laevis – M. olgae – M. otostegioides – M. sogdiana – M. spinosa

Moluccella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753); Gen Pl., ed. 5: 255 (1754).

• Lectotypus: Moluccella laevis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 587 (1753), designated by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 165 (1929).

• Homotypic
  • Molucca Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
• Heterotypic
  • Chasmonia C.Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xxxvii (1826).
  • Chartocalyx Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 367 (1879), nom. illeg.
  • Harmsiella Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 291 (1897).
  • Sulaimania Hedge & Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 150: 345 (1982).

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 587. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 255. Reference page. 

• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2011. An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60(2): 471–484. DOI: 10.1002/tax.602015 ResearchGate Reference page.  Transfers Sulaimania and 4 species of Otostegia to this genus.

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Moluccella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Moluccella. Published online. Accessed: 02 October 2022. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Moluccella. Accessed: 02 October 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Moluccella in The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 13.0 of 16 May 2024. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R.E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, et al., Catalogue of Life. Amsterdam, Netherlands. DOI: 10.48580/dgqdn-4nz Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 02 Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Moluccella. Accessed: 2025 May 25.

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