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Leonurus

Leonurus
Leonurus cardiaca[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Lamioideae
Genus:	Leonurus L.
Synonyms[2]
Cardiaca Mill. Marrubiastrum Ség.

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.^[2][3][4][5]

Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Species are sometimes confused with the related genus Leonotis.

Species^[2]

• 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)

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