''Lophanthus'' is a genus of plants in the family
Lamiaceae, first described in 1763. It is native to central and southwestern
Asia
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Turkey
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Mongolia
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, with many of the species
endemic
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Iran
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[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Dirmenci, T., Yildiz, B., Hedge, I.C. & Firat, M. (2010). ''Lophanthus'' (Lamiaceae) in Turkey: a new generic record and a new species. Turkish Journal of Botany 34: 123-129.]
;Species[
# '' Lophanthus adenocladus'' (Bornm.) Levin - Iran
# '' Lophanthus allotrius'' (Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
# '' Lophanthus archibaldii'' (Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
# '' Lophanthus chinensis'' Benth. - Mongolia, Xinjiang, Siberia (Buryatiya, Chita, Tuva, Irkutsk)
# '' Lophanthus depauperatus'' (Benth.) Levin - Iran
# '' Lophanthus dschuparensis'' (Bornm.) Levin - Iran
# '' Lophanthus elegans'' (Lipsky) Levin - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
# '' Lophanthus hedgei'' (Freitag) A.L.Budantzev - Afghanistan
# '' Lophanthus iranshahrii'' (Rech.f.) A.L.Budantzev - Iran
# '' Lophanthus krylovii'' Lipsky - Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Altai
# '' Lophanthus laxiflorus'' (Benth.) Levin - Iran
# '' Lophanthus michauxii'' (Briq.) Levin - Iran
# '' Lophanthus ouroumitanensis'' (Franch.) Kochk. & Zuckerw. - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
# '' Lophanthus oxyodontus'' (Boiss.) Levin - Iran
# '' Lophanthus pinetorum'' (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Levin - Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas
# '' Lophanthus schrenkii'' Levin - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
# '' Lophanthus schtschurowskianus'' (Regel) Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
# '' Lophanthus sessilifolius'' (Bunge) Levin - Iran, Pakistan
# '' Lophanthus subnivalis'' Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
# '' Lophanthus tibeticus'' C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang - Tibet
# '' Lophanthus tschimganicus'' Lipsky - Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
# '' Lophanthus turcicus'' Dirmenci, Yıldız & Hedge - Turkey
# '' Lophanthus varzobicus'' Kochk. - Tajikistan
]
References
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Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera