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Rabdosia coesta

Description

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Family Lamiaceae

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , annual or perennial , usually aromatic . Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound , without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary ; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent , 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous , 4 or 2, free , rarely filaments connate , sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal , or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets . Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Rabdosia

There are approximately 192 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

R. adenantha · R. adenoloma · R. albopilosa · R. alborubra · R. amethystoides · R. angustifolia · R. angustifolia var. glabrescens · R. anisochila · R. assamica · R. bifidocalyx · R. brachythyrsa · R. brevicalcarata · R. brevifolia · R. bulleyana · R. bulleyana var. foliosa · R. calcicola · R. calcicola var. subcalva · R. calycina · R. capillipes · R. chionantha · R. coesta · R. coesta var. hookeri · R. coetsa · R. coetsa var. cavaleriei · R. coetsoides · R. colaniae · R. daitonensis · R. dakglayensis · R. dawoensis · R. dhankutana · R. dichromophylla · R. drogotschiensis · R. effusa · R. effusa f. leucantha · R. enanderana · R. eriocalyx · R. eriocalyx var. laxiflora · R. excisa · R. excisa f. albiflora · R. excisa var. chiisanensis · R. excisoides · R. fangii · R. flabelliformis · R. flavida · R. flexicaulis · R. forrestii · R. forrestii var. intermedia · R. gesneroides · R. gibbosa · R. glaucocalyx · R. glutinosa · R. grandifolia · R. grandifolia var. atuntzensis · R. grosseserrata · R. henryi · R. hirtella · R. hispida · R. inflexa · R. inflexa f. albiflora · R. inflexa f. leucantha · R. inflexa var. macrophylla · R. interrupta · R. irrorata · R. irrorata var. crenata · R. irrorata var. longipes · R. irrorata var. rungshiaensis · R. japonica · R. japonica (Burm.f.) Hara var. glaucocalyx (Maxim.) Hara · R. japonica f. albida · R. japonica f. albiflora · R. japonica var. glaucocalyx · R. javanica · R. kangtingensis · R. koroensis · R. kunmingensis · R. kurzii · R. lasiocarpa · R. latiflora · R. latifolia · R. leucophylla · R. liangshanica · R. lihsienensis · R. longituba (Trumpet Spurflower) · R. longituba f. albiflora · R. longituba var. contracta · R. lophanthoides · R. lophanthoides var. brachyantha · R. lophanthoides var. gerardiana · R. lophanthoides var. graciliflorus · R. lophanthoides var. kerrii · R. lophanthoides var. micrantha · R. loxothyrsa · R. lungshengensis · R. macrantha · R. macrocalyx · R. macrophylla · R. macrophylla f. qingliangfenensis · R. maddenii · R. medilungensis · R. megathyrsa

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Last Revised: 2008-09-10