Phytodiversity

2014: Vol. 1 (1&2): 77-90

ISSN: 2349 - 7068

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Achyrospermum Blume

Ajuga L.

Alajja Ikonn.

Anisochilus Wall. ex Benth.

Anisomeles R. Br.

Callicarpa L.*4

Chelonopsis Miq.

Clerodendrum L.*5

Clinopodium L.

Colebrookea Sm.

Colquhounia Wall.

Craniotome Rchb.

Discretitheca P.D. Cantino**

Dracocephalum L.6

Elsholtzia Willd.

Endostemon N.E. Br.7

Eremostachys Bunge

Eriophyton Benth.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

Genus

1.

Sr.
No.

5-60

19

ca 40

ca 70

ca 6

ca 100

400-500

ca 16

140

ca 15-20

40-50

ca 25

World1

11

22

15

India2

1+1?

12

7+1?

11+1N+1?

5+1?

1+1?

3+1N+1?

Table 1: Genera of the Lamiaceae found in Himalayas with number of species

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1+1?

6+1?

1+1N

UT
-

Himalayas

2+1N+1?

Western
KM
HP
-

10

3+1?

Central
Nepal
1

12

3+1?

10+1N

10

6+1N

1+1?

6+1N

Eastern
SK3
BH
1
1

10

AR
1

Galeopsis L.

Gmelina L.*

Gomphostemma Wall. ex Benth.

Gontscharovia Boriss.

Holmskioldia Retz.*

Hyptis Jacq.8

Hyssopus L.

Isodon (Benth.) Schrader ex Spach

Lagochilus Bunge ex Benth.

Lagopsis (Bunge ex Benth.) Bunge9

Lallemantia Fisch. & C.A. Mey

Lamiopholmis Kudo

Lamium L.

Leonotis (Pers.) R. Br.10

Leonurus L.

Leucas Burm. ex R. Br.

Leucosceptrum Sm.

Lycopus L.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

Genus

19.

Sr.
No.

ca 14

ca 100

41

1N

ca 10
ca 25

10

4N

25

India2

17-30

ca 40

ca 100

ca 280

ca 36

ca 33

ca 10

World1

12

1N

15

1N

11

10

4+1?

Western
KM
HP
-

Table 1. Contd. : Genera of the Lamiaceae found in Himalayas with number of species

10

1N

11

1N

Himalayas
Central
UT
Nepal
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10

1N

1N

1N

Eastern
SK3
BH
1
1

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Marmoritis Benth.11

Marrubium L.

Melissa L.

Mentha L.12

Meriandra Benth.

Micromeria Benth.

Microtoena Prain13

Mosla (Benth.) Buch.-Ham. ex Maxim.

Nepeta L.14

Notochaete Benth.

Ocimum L.

Origanum L.

Orthosiphon Benth.

Otostegia Benth.

Paraphlomis (Prain) Prain

Perilla L.

Perovskia Kar

Phlomidoschema (Benth.) Vved.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

51.

52.

53.

54.

Genus

37.

Sr.
No.

ca 7

ca 20

ca 15

ca 40

ca 40

ca 65

10

40

< 200
2

1+1N

2+2N

ca 22

ca 24

ca 70

ca 20

4-5
ca 40

India2

World1

33+2?

4+1?

2+2N

30+2?

2+2N

25+2?

15

Western
KM
HP
3
3

2+1N

Table 1. Contd. : Genera of the Lamiaceae found in Himalayas with number of species

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2+1?

11

1+2N

11

Himalayas
Central
UT
Nepal
3
3

1+1N

3+1?

1+1N

1+1N

1+1?

Eastern
SK3
BH
?
-

2+1?

AR
-

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Phlomis L.

Platostoma P. Beauv.15

Plectranthus L Her.16

Pogostemon Desf.

Premna L.*

Prunella L.

Pseudocaryopteris (Briq.) P.D. Cantino**

Rotheca Raf.*

Roylea Wall. ex Benth.

Rubiteucris Kudo

Salvia L.

Satureja L.

Scutellaria L.

Sideritis L.

Siphocranion Kudo

Stachys L.

Teucrium L.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

64.

65.

66.

67.

68.

69.

70.

71.

Genus

55.

Sr.
No.

ca 250

ca 300

ca 140

ca 360

ca 38

ca 900

50-60

ca 7

50-200

ca 80

300

45

ca 100

World1

19

10

24

1N

25

31

41

25

India2

12

1N

17

15

7+1?

1N

Table 1. Contd. : Genera of the Lamiaceae found in Himalayas with number of species

6+1?

1N

Western
KM
HP
4
3

11

Himalayas
Central
UT
Nepal
4
6

11

15

11

10

4+1?

10

1+1?

Eastern
BH
SK3
5
5+1?

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Thymus L.

Vitex L.*

Zataria Boiss.

Zizhiphora L.

72.

73.

74.

75.

Sr.
No.

Genus

ca 20

ca 250

ca 220

World1

13

India2

Table 1. Contd. : Genera of the Lamiaceae found in Himalayas with number of species

Western
KM
HP
1
1

Himalayas
Central
UT
Nepal
1
1

2+1?

2+1?

Eastern
SK3 BH
-

AR
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An illustrative account of the Labiates in Himalayas of Indian region

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Common to W.
& E. Himalayas

Common to C. &
E. Himalayas

30 (22)

11 (2)

2.

Salvia L.

17

9 (2)

11 (1)

11 (4)

3.

Pogostemon Desf.

15

15 (7)

4.

15

7 (1)

11 (4)

10 (3)

5.

Isodon (Benth.)
Schrader ex Spach
Elsholtzia Willd.

12

10

12 (1)

6.

Leucas Burm. ex R. Br.

12

11 (3)

7.

Scutellaria L.

12

9 (4)

7 (1)

5 (1)

8.

Clerodendrum L.

11

3 (1)

10 (4)

9.

Stachys L.

7 (5)

2 (1)

All the three

Himalayas

C. Himalaya

33

E. Himalaya

W. Himalaya

Nepeta L.

Genus

1.

Sr. No.

Himalayas

Common to W.
& C. Himalayas

Table 2: Relative distribution of labiates in Himalayas (only genera comprising more

than half-a-dozen species are given; numbers in parentheses indicate that they are
confined to that region).

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10.

Premna L.

7 (2)

6 (1)

11.

Dracocephalum L.

6 (4)

12.

Ajuga L.

7 (2)

13.

Phlomis L.

5 (1)

14.

Teucrium L.

5 (2)

3 (1)

Fig. 3. Distribution of Endemic labiates in

Himalayas of Indian region.

Table 3: Endemic taxa of Himalayas

Sr.
No.
1.

Taxon

Distribution

Anisochilus mitis Clement

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Chelonopsis cashmerica (Mukherjee) Hedge

Clerodendrum panigrahianum Rajendran & P. Daniel
Clinopodium piperitum (D. Don) Press*
Colquhounia coccinea Wall. var. parviflora Benth.
Discretitheca nepalensis (Moldenke) P.D.
Cantino** (Monotypic)
Elsholtzia concinna Vautier
E. major (Hook. f.) V.S. Kumar & B.D. Sharma

Eastern Himalaya (Bhutan &

Arunachal Pradesh)
Western Himalaya (Kashmir)
Eastern Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh)
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Gomphostemma aborensis Dunn

Isodon atroruber Clement
I. dhankutanus Murata
I. namikawanus Murata***
I. kurzii (Prain) Hara
I. phulchokiensis (Murata) H.W. Li
Lamiophlomis rotata (Benth. ex Hook. f.) Kudo
subsp. bhutanica (Clement) V.S. Kumar
Lamium nepalense Hedge
L. staintonii Hedge
L. tuberosum Hedge
Meriandra strobilifera Benth.

20.
21.
22.
23.

Micromeria nepalensis Kitam. & Murata

Microtoena bhutanica Stearn
M. nepalensis Stearn
M. wardii Stearn

24.
25.

Nepeta duthiei Prain

N. eriostachya Benth.

26.
27.
28.

N. nepalensis Spreng.
N. staintonii Hedge
Orthosiphon scapiger Benth.

29.

Rotheca serrata (L.) Steane & Mabberley

var. nepalense (Moldenke) V.S. Kumar
Roylea cinerea (D. Don) Baill**

Central & Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan)

Western Himalaya (Uttarakhand) &
Eastern Himalaya (Sikkim)
Eastern Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh)
Eastern Himalaya (Bhutan)
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya, ? Tibet
Eastern Himalaya (Sikkim)
Central Himalaya
Eastern Himalaya (Bhutan)
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya
Western Himalaya (Himachal
Pradesh and Uttarakhand)
Central Himalaya
Eastern Himalaya (Bhutan)
Central Himalaya
Eastern Himalaya (? Bhutan,
Arunachal Pradesh)
Western Himalaya (Uttarakhand)
Western Himalaya (Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand)
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya
Western Himalaya (Uttarakhand) &
Central Himalaya
Central Himalaya

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31.
32.

Salvia ampicalyx Peter-Stibal

S. mekongensis Peter-Stibal var. assamensis
Peter-Stibal

Western Himalaya (? Kashmir,

Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand) and
Central Himalaya; ? Dehradun.
Eastern Himalaya (Sikkim and Bhutan)
Eastern Himalaya (Arunachal
Pradesh)

Table 4: Endemic taxa of Indian region occur in Himalayas

Sr.
No.
1.
2.

Taxon

Distribution

Ajuga brachystemon Maxim.*

Anisochilus carnosus (L. f.) Wall. ex Benth.

3.

A. polystachyus Benth.

4.
5.

Callicarpa vestita Wall. ex C.B. Clarke

Clerodendrum bracteatum Wall. ex Walp.

6.

C. lasiocephalum C.B. Clarke

7.
8.

Elsholtzia griffithii Hook. f.

Endostemon viscosus (Roth) M. Ashby* 1

9.
10.

Gomphostemma lucidum Wall. ex Benth.

var. canescens Prain
G. melissaefolium (Roxb.) Benth.

11.

Leucas ciliata Benth.

12.

L. clarkei Hook. f.*

13.

L. decamdentata (Willd.) R. Br. ex Sm.

var. angustifolia (Wall. ex Benth.) V. Singh
L. hyssopifolia Benth.

Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh); India.

Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to Bhutan);
India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Nepal to Sikkim, Arunachal
Pradesh); E. & NE India and Bangladesh.
Himalayas (Nepal to Bhutan); India.
Himalayas (Nepal to Arunachal Pradesh);
NE India and Bangladesh
Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh); N.E. India
and Myanmar.
Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh); Myanmar.
Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh); South
India.
Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh); NE India
and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Nepal to Sikkim); NE India
and Bangladesh.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Bhutan); India and
Myanmar.
Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to
Uttarakhand, Sikkim); India.
Himalaya (Nepal); India and Myanmar.

14.

Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to Sikkim);

India and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to
Uttarakhand); India.
Himalaya (Kashmir); Pakistan.
Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh - ? Mishmi
hills); NE India (Assam).
Himalayas (Kashmir to Uttarakhand);
India.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Nepal); India and
Pakistan.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Himachal
Pradesh); India and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Himachal
Pradesh); India and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Uttarakhand);
India and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to
Uttarakhand); India.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Uttarakhand);
India and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Himachal
Pradesh); India and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Nepal to Bhutan); India,
Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Nepal to Sikkim); India.

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Micromeria capitellata Benth.*

16.
17.

M. hydaspidis Falc. ex Benth.

Microtoena griffithii Prain*

18.

Nepeta campestris Benth.*

19.

N. ciliaris Wall. ex Benth.

20.

N. clarkei Hook. f.

21.

N. connata Royle ex Benth.

22.

N. erecta Benth.

23.

N. govaniana Benth.*

24.

N. linearis Royle ex Benth.

25.

N. nervosa Royle ex Benth.

26.

Orthosiphon incurvus Benth.

var. incurvus
O. incurvus Benth. var. elatus Hook. f.

27.

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Sr.
No.
28.

Taxon

Distribution

O. rubicundus (D. Don) Benth.

29.

Phlomis macrophylla Wall. ex Benth.

30.

Plectranthus mollis (Aiton) Spreng.

31.

Pogostemon amarantoides Benth.

32.

P. benghalensis (Burm. f.) Kuntze

33.
34.

P. kachinensis (Mukerjee) Panigrahi

P. tuberculosus Benth.

35.

Premna barbata Wall. ex Schauer

36.
37.

P. longifolia Roxb.
Salvia hians Royle ex Benth.

38.

S. lanata Roxb.

39.
40.

S. saxicola Wall. Ex Benth.

Scutellaria grossa Wall. ex Benth.

41.

S. repens Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don.

42.
43.
44.

S. teucrifolia Dunn
Stachys scaberula Vatke
Teucrium laxum D. Don

Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to

Bhutan); India and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to
Bhutan); India and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Uttarakhand to Sikkim);
India and Sri Lanka.
Himalayas (Nepal to Arunachal
Pradesh); NE India and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Bhutan); India,
Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Himalaya (Sikkim); India and Myanmar.
Himalayas (Nepal to Arunachal
Pradesh); NE India.
Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to
Arunachal Pradesh); India and Pakistan.
Himalaya (Nepal); Bangladesh.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Bhutan);
Pakistan.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Nepal); NE
India.
Himalaya (Nepal); NE India.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Bhutan); ? India
and Pakistan.
Himalayas (Kashmir to Sikkim); India
and Myanmar.
Himalaya (Kashmir); Pakistan.
Himalaya (Bhutan); NE India.
Himalayas (Uttarakhand to Nepal); NE
India.

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Table 5: Extra Indian genera of Himalayas (NW India, Darjeeling, Sikkim and Arunachal
Pradesh) and their distribution in the world.
Sr.
No.
1.
2.
3.

Genus

Distribution

Alajja Ikonn.
Chelonopsis Miq.
Dracocephalum L.

Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and C. Asia.

Western Himalaya; Pakistan, China and Japan.
All the three Himalayas; Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Eurasia,
N. Africa and N. America.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkestan, China,
Mongolia and E. Europe.
All the three Himalayas; Tibet and China (Yunnan).
Central and Eastern Himalayas; Myanmar, China, Japan, N. &
W. Asia and mostly in Europe.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, C. Asia and PamirAlai.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, China, SW & C. Asia, NW Africa
and Europe.
? Western Himalaya; Pakistan, China, Iran to Mongolia and Russia.
Western Himalaya; China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia.

4.

Eremostachys Bunge

5.
6.

Eriophyton Benth.
Galeopsis L.*

7.

Gontscharovia Boriss.

8.

Hyssopus L.**

9.
10.

12.
13.

Lagochilus Bunge ex Benth.

Lagopsis (Bunge ex
Benth.) Bunge
Lallemantia Fisch. &
C.A. Mey
Lamiophlomis Kudo
Lamium L.

14.

Lycopus L.

15.
16.

Marmoritis Benth.
Marrubium L.

17.
18.

Meriandra Benth.***
Origanum L.

19.

Otostegia Benth.

20.
21.

22.
23.

Perovskia Kar.
Phlomidoschema (Benth.)
Vved.
Rubiteucris Kudo
Sideritis L.

24.
25.

Siphocranion Kudo
Thymus L.

26.
27.

Zataria Boiss.
Ziziphora L.

11.

Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, SW & C. Asia

and Mediterranean region.
Central and Eastern Himalayas; Tibet and China.
All the three Himalayas; Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, China, E.
Asia, N. Africa and Europe.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, mostly in North
temperate zone and one in Australia.
Western and Central Himalayas; China.
Western and Central Himalayas; Pakistan to N. Africa and
Europe.
Western Himalaya; Arabia, Yemen and Ethiopia.
All the three Himalayas; Pakistan, Myanmar and other parts of
Asia, mostly in Mediterranean region, Europe and N. America.
Western Himalaya; Myanmar, Pakistan to C. Asia, Egypt,
Yemen, Saudi Arabia to Cameroon.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, and SW & C. Asia.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Iran.

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Central and Eastern Himalayas; India, Myanmar and China.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Tibet, China, Mediterranean
region to Russia and Macronesia.
Eastern Himalaya; Myanmar, China and Indochina.
Western and Central Himalayas; Pakistan, most part of Asia,
Mediterranean region and Europe.
Western Himalaya; Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
? Western Himalaya; Pakistan to C. Asia, N. Africa and S. Europe.

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Fig. 4. Distribution of labiates in Indian states/
Kingdoms of Himalayas.

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Received: 15.09.2014
Revised & Accepted: 13.10.2014