Lawsonia (Lythraceae)

Lawsonia inermis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Lawsonia
Species: L. inermis

Name

Lawsonia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753)

• Type species: Lawsonia inermis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Alkanna Adans., Fam. 2: 444 (1763), nom. rej. versus Alkanna Tausch. (1824)
  • Henna Boehm. in Defin. Gen. Pl.: 229 (1760)
  • Pontaletsje Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 159 (1763)
  • Rotantha Baker, Gen. Index J. Bot. Linn. Soc. 25: 317. (1890)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent India Regional: Peninsular Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Continental:Southern America Regional: Centralca Panamá duced into:0 Algeria, Andaman Is., Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 349. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lawsonia (Lythraceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Lawsonia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 9 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Lawsonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

مصرى: لُوسُونِيَة
čeština: henovník
മലയാളം: ലോസോണിയ
中文: 散沫花属

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