Elsholtzia blanda
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Description
Herb, woody below, c. 1 m.
Leaves elliptic lanceolate, 3-5 by 0.5-1 cm, acuminate, base attenuate, narrowed into the petiole, coarsely serrate, glabrous above, puberulous and dark glandular beneath;
Stamens in 2 pairs, subequal;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, Continental SE. Asia present, Mts Singalang, Merapi & Talang present, N. Sumatra present, S. China present, Toba region present
Continental SE. Asia (India, Burma, Thailand, to S. China); in Malesia: N. Sumatra (Toba region; Mts Singalang, Merapi & Talang).
Taxonomy
After having described Aphanochilus blandus in 1829 BENTHAM soon afterwards () found that it had earlier been described by D.DON as Perilla elata. In proposing the new combination under Elsholtzia he maintained his own epithet, emphatically citing Perilla elata as a synonym, whereby his new combination is illegitimate under the present Code. The epithet elata is already occupied in Elsholtzia and no other synonyms are available.
As the epithet blanda is established in botanical literature for nearly 1½ century, it is for stability of nomenclature advisable to keep it in use. Therefore a new name is coined, based on the same type as that of BENTHAM, for which reason it is not a homonym (Art. 64) and in accordance with Art. 72 dates from this revision.
As the epithet blanda is established in botanical literature for nearly 1½ century, it is for stability of nomenclature advisable to keep it in use. Therefore a new name is coined, based on the same type as that of BENTHAM, for which reason it is not a homonym (Art. 64) and in accordance with Art. 72 dates from this revision.
Citation
BTH. 1830: p. 29. – In: Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 1: descr.
Hook.f. 1885 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 643
BTH. 1831 – In: Bot. Mag.: t. 3091
MUKERJEE 1940 – In: Rec. Bot. Surv. India: 89
BTH. 1830–1831 – In: Wall., Pl. As. Rar. 2: 19
KENG 1969: p. 73. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: f. 12
BTH. 1934 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 222
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 160
STEEN. 1932: Arch. Hydrobiol.: 323