Leonurus
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Leonurus (motherwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America.[1][2][3][4]
Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Species are sometimes confused with the related genus Leonotis.
- Species[1]
- Leonurus cardiaca L. - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran
- Leonurus chaituroides C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan)
- Leonurus deminutus V.I.Krecz. - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
- Leonurus glaucescens Bunge - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia
- Leonurus incanus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Kazakhstan
- Leonurus japonicus Houtt. - Japan, Korea, Amur, Primorye, much of China (incl Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang), Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in North + South America, West Indies, Hawaii, Cape Verde, etc.
- Leonurus kuprijanoviae Krestovsk. - Pakistan
- Leonurus macranthus Maxim. - Japan, Primorye, Manchuria
- Leonurus mongolicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita)
- Leonurus nuristanicus Murata - Afghanistan
- Leonurus oblongifolius Popov - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Leonurus persicus Boiss. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
- Leonurus pseudomacranthus Kitag. - Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China
- Leonurus pseudopanzerioides Krestovsk. - Mongolia, Xinjiang
- Leonurus pubescens Benth. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas
- Leonurus quinquelobatus Gilib. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk
- Leonurus royleanus Benth. - western Himalayas
- Leonurus sibiricus L. - Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi)
- Leonurus tataricus L. - Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk)
- Leonurus tibeticus Krestovsk. - Tibet
- Leonurus turkestanicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
- Leonurus urticifolius C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Tibet
- Leonurus villosissimus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Hebei)
- Leonurus wutaishanicus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Shanxi)