Biology:Ajugoides

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ajugoides
Ajugoides humilis (flower s10).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Ajugoides
Makino
Species:
A. humilis
Binomial name
Ajugoides humilis
(Miq.) Makino
Synonyms[1]
  • Ajuga humilis Miq.
  • Lamium humile (Miq.) Maxim.
  • Stachys humilis (Miq.) Matsum. & Kudô

Ajugoides is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1915. It has only one known species, Ajugoides humilis, endemic to Japan . It has been reported from the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.[1]

Ajugoides is closely related to Lamium and considered part of that genus by some authorities.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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