LavandulaL.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 572 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia to Medit. and India.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Western Sahara, Yemen

Introduced into:

Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, East European Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Krym, Marianas, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., NW. Balkan Pen., Tasmania, Venezuela, Vermont, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Has 6 Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Includes 41 Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Miller in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 503–528 (1985)
  • Upson & Andrews, The genus Lavandula (2004).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Andrews, S. (2004).
  • Gunther, E. (1949). The essential oils. Individual essential oils of the plant families Rutaceae and Labiatae, vol. 3.

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Chaetostachys Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 19 (1830)., (1831).
  • Chaytor, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 51: 153-204 (1937)
  • Fabricia Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 188 (1763).
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Isinia Rech.f., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 99: 47 (1952).
  • Lavandula L., Sp. Pl. 2: 572 (1753)
  • Lavendula L., Syst. Nat. (1735), orth. var.
  • Sabaudia Buscal. & Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 491 (1913).
  • Stoechas Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754).
  • Styphonia Medik., Staatsw. Vorles. Churpf. Phys. Oek. Ges. 1: 230 (1791).
  • Upson, doctoral thesis, Reading U., unpublished (1997).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

DateReferenceIdentified AsBarcodeType StatusHas image?
Viviani, D. [s.n.]K001067903Type Yes
Carrasco, M.A.; Cirujano, S.; Velayos, M. [S.N.] MoroccoK001873313 No
Lord, J.K. [s.n.]K005571550 Yes
Viviani, D.; Lindley [s.n.]K001067902Isotype Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] MoroccoK000193426Type Yes
Western, T. [21]K:SPC-66937.000 No
Ibrahim [s.n.] MoroccoK000193427Type Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0