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Lycopus L.

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Lycopus L., Sp. Pl. 21 (1753)
Lycopus L.
Names_Fungi record source Lycopus L. 1753

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
21
ICN
Lycopus L.
genus
Lycopus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Labiatae
Lycopus

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Lycopus L.

Perennial, odourless herbs with creeping rhizomes. Lvs simple, coarsely toothed to pinnatisect. Verticels many-flowered, in dense, discrete, globose whorls. Bracts usually similar to lvs. Calyx campanulate, 13-nerved, not gibbous at base; teeth 5, equal. Corolla tube mostly < calyx; lobes 4, subequal, the uppermost usually widest. Stamens 2, exserted, divergent; staminodes 0 or 2. Style gynobasic, its branches equal. Nutlets angular, with broad margin, mostly smooth; apex truncate.

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Lycopus L.
Lycopus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Lycopus L.
Labiatae Juss.
Lycopus L.
Lycopus L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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scientific name
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1 January 2000
23 April 2026
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