Thorncroftia

Thorncroftia
Thorncroftia longiflora[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Genus: Thorncroftia
N.E.Br.[1]

Thorncroftia (whistlesweets) is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1912. It is native to southern Africa.[3]

Species
  1. Thorncroftia coddii Changwe & K.Balkwill – South Africa (Mpumalanga province)
  2. Thorncroftia greenii Changwe & K.Balkwill – South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal province)
  3. Thorncroftia longiflora N.E.Br – Eswatini, South Africa (Mpumalanga)
  4. Thorncroftia lotteri T.J.Edwards & McMurtry – South Africa (Mpumalanga)
  5. Thorncroftia media Codd – South Africa (Limpopo province)
  6. Thorncroftia malolotjaensis K.Balkwill – Eswatini
  7. Thorncroftia succulenta (R.A.Dyer & E.A.Bruce) Codd – South Africa (Limpopo)
  8. Thorncroftia thorncroftii (S.Moore) Codd – Eswatini, South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga)

References

  1. ^ "Thorncroftia N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  2. ^ 1919 illustration, M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. - Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 145 [= ser. 4, vol. 15]: Tab. 8824
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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