''Isoleucas'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the mint family,
Lamiaceae, first described in 1939. It is native to
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
and
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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;Species[
*'' Isoleucas arabica'' O.Schwartz - Yemen
*'' Isoleucas somala'' (Patzak) Scheen - Somalia (= ''Ballota somala'' Patzak, ''Otostegia somala'' (Patzak) Sebald)
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3767830
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera