Leonotis

Taxobox
name = "Leonotis" (Lion's-Ear)
color = lightgreen


image_width = 100px
image_caption = "Leonotis nepetifolia"
superregnum: Eukaryota
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
subfamilia = Lamioideae
genus = "Leonotis"
genus_authority = R.Br.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

The genus "Leonotis" (Lion's Ear or Lion's-Tail) consists of about 40 species of plants in the family Lamiaceae.

All but one species, "Leonotis nepetifolia" (native to both tropical Africa and southern India), are native to southern Africa.

pecies

* Leonotis africana
* Leonotis bachmannii
* Leonotis bequaerti
* Leonotis brevipes
* Leonotis capensis
* Leonotis caribea
* Leonotis decadonta
* Leonotis dinteri
* Leonotis dubia
* Leonotis dysophylla
* Leonotis elliotii
* Leonotis engleri
* Leonotis galpini
* Leonotis goetzei
* Leonotis hereroensis
* Leonotis hirtiflora
* Leonotis intermedia
* Leonotis kagerensis
* Leonotis kwebensis
* Leonotis latifolia
* Leonotis laxifolia
* Leonotis leonurus
* Leonotis longidens
* Leonotis melleri
* Leonotis menthifolia
* Leonotis microphylla
* Leonotis mollis
* Leonotis nepetifolia
* Leonotis newtoni
* Leonotis ocymifolia
* Leonotis ovata
* Leonotis pallida
* Leonotis parvifolia
* Leonotis pole
* Leonotis raineriana
* Leonotis randii
* Leonotis rugosa
* Leonotis spectabilis
* Leonotis tuberosa
* Leonotis urticifolia
* Leonotis velutina
* Leonotis westae

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=LEONO&display=63 Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Leonotis] , United States Department of Agriculture
* [http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1048/index.html Leonotis leonurus] , PlantFiles
* [http://www.loewenohr.org/ German Lion's-Tail Forum]