Isodon
Isodon longitubus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Genus: Isodon
(Schrad. ex Benth.) Spach
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Plectranthus sect. Isodon Schrad. ex Benth.
  • Rabdosia (Blume) Hassk.
  • Dielsia Kudô 1929, illegitimate homonym not Gilg. 1904 (Restionaceae)
  • Amethystanthus Nakai
  • Homalocheilos J.K.Morton
  • Skapanthus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li

Isodon (teacost) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae described in 1840.[3][4][2] It is native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Old World, primarily Asia but two species are from Africa. Many of the species are endemic to China, where it is called xiangchacai or "fragrant tea".[1][5]

Species[1]
  1. Isodon adenanthus - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  2. Isodon adenolomus - Sichuan, Yunnan
  3. Isodon albopilosus - Sichuan
  4. Isodon amethystoides - S China and Taiwan
  5. Isodon angustifolius - Yunnan
  6. Isodon × arakii - Japan
  7. Isodon assamicus - Assam
  8. Isodon atroruber - Bhutan
  9. Isodon barbeyanus - Sichuan
  10. Isodon brevicalcaratus - Guangdong
  11. Isodon brevifolius - Yunnan
  12. Isodon bulleyanus - Yunnan
  13. Isodon calcicola - Yunnan
  14. Isodon capillipes - Sri Lanka
  15. Isodon coetsa - China, Tibet, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Indonesia, Philippines
  16. Isodon colaniae - Laos
  17. Isodon dawoensis - Sichuan
  18. Isodon dhankutanus - Nepal
  19. Isodon effusus - Japan
  20. Isodon enanderianus - Sichuan, Yunnan
  21. Isodon eriocalyx - Myanmar, Thailand, SW China
  22. Isodon excisoides - Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan
  23. Isodon excisus - Primorye, Korea, Japan, NE China
  24. Isodon flabelliformis - Sichuan, Yunnan
  25. Isodon flavidus - Guizhou, Yunnan
  26. Isodon flexicaulis - Sichuan, Yunnan
  27. Isodon forrestii - Sichuan, Yunnan
  28. Isodon gesneroides - Sichuan
  29. Isodon gibbosus - Guizhou, Sichuan
  30. Isodon glutinosus - Sichuan, Yunnan
  31. Isodon grandifolius - Sichuan, Yunnan
  32. Isodon grosseserratus - Sichuan
  33. Isodon henryi - S China
  34. Isodon hirtellus - Sichuan, Yunnan
  35. Isodon hispidus - Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan, Laos
  36. Isodon × inamii - Japan
  37. Isodon inflexus - China, Korea, Japan
  38. Isodon interruptus - Yunnan
  39. Isodon irroratus - Yunnan, Tibet
  40. Isodon japonicus - China, Korea, Japan, Primorye, Amur
  41. Isodon kurzii - Sikkim
  42. Isodon latifolius - Sichuan
  43. Isodon leucophyllus - Sichuan, Yunnan
  44. Isodon liangshanicus - Sichuan
  45. Isodon lihsienensis - Sichuan
  46. Isodon longitubus - Anhui, Zhejiang, Japan
  47. Isodon lophanthoides - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina
  48. Isodon loxothyrsus - Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
  49. Isodon lungshengensis - Guangxi
  50. Isodon macrocalyx - S China incl Taiwan
  51. Isodon macrophyllus - Anhui, Jiangsu
  52. Isodon medilungensis - Sichuan
  53. Isodon meeboldii - Myanmar, Thailand
  54. Isodon megathyrsus - Sichuan, Yunnan
  55. Isodon melissoides - Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh
  56. Isodon mucronatus - Sichuan
  57. Isodon muliensis - Sichuan
  58. Isodon myriocladus - Guangxi, Guangdidong, Sichuan
  59. Isodon namikawanus - Nepal
  60. Isodon nervosus - SE + SW China
  61. Isodon nigrescens - S India, Sri Lanka
  62. Isodon nilgherricus - S India
  63. Isodon × ohwii - Japan
  64. Isodon oreophilus - Yunnan
  65. Isodon oresbius - Sichuan, Yunnan
  66. Isodon pantadenius - Yunnan
  67. Isodon parvifolius - Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet
  68. Isodon pharicus - Sichuan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan
  69. Isodon phulchokiensis - Nepal
  70. Isodon phyllopodus - Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
  71. Isodon phyllostachys - Sichuan, Yunnan
  72. Isodon pleiophyllus - Yunnan
  73. Isodon racemosus - Hubei, Sichuan, Thailand
  74. Isodon ramosissimus - tropical Africa
  75. Isodon repens - Himalayas
  76. Isodon rivularis - S India
  77. Isodon rosthornii - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  78. Isodon rubescens - S + C China
  79. Isodon rugosiformis - Yunnan
  80. Isodon rugosus - Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh
  81. Isodon schimperi - East Africa from Ethiopia to Uganda
  82. Isodon scoparius - Yunnan
  83. Isodon scrophularioides - Himalayas
  84. Isodon sculponiatus - Himalayas, S China, Vietnam
  85. Isodon secundiflorus - Sichuan
  86. Isodon serra - China, Korea, Primorye
  87. Isodon setschwanensis - Sichuan, Yunnan
  88. Isodon shikokianus - Japan
  89. Isodon silvaticus - Tibet
  90. Isodon smithianus - Sichuan, Tibet
  91. Isodon × suzukii - Japan
  92. Isodon tenuifolius - Sichuan, Yunnan
  93. Isodon ternifolius - Saudi Arabia, Himalayas, S China
  94. Isodon teysmannii - Thailand, Indonesia
  95. Isodon × togashii - Japan
  96. Isodon trichocarpus - Japan
  97. Isodon umbrosus - Japan
  98. Isodon walkeri - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, S China
  99. Isodon wardii - Tibet
  100. Isodon websteri - Liaoning
  101. Isodon weisiensis - Yunnan
  102. Isodon wightii - S India
  103. Isodon wikstroemioides - Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
  104. Isodon xerophilus - Yunnan
  105. Isodon yuennanensis - Sichuan, Tibet

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Isodon (Schrad. ex Benth.) Spach
  3. ^ Spach, Édouard. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 9: 162 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  4. ^ Bentham, George. 1832. Labiatarum Genera et Species 40
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 269 香茶菜属 xiang cha cai shu Isodon (Schrader ex Bentham) Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. 9: 162. 1840.
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