''Pycnostachys'' is a genus of plants in the family
Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to
sub-Saharan
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Africa
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including
Madagascar
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# '' Pycnostachys abyssinica'' Fresen. - Ethiopia
# '' Pycnostachys angolensis'' G.Taylor - Angola
# '' Pycnostachys batesii'' Baker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys chevalieri'' Briq. - Central African Republic
# '' Pycnostachys ciliata'' Bramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
# '' Pycnostachys coerulea'' Hook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar
# '' Pycnostachys congensis'' Gürke - Zaïre, Zambia
# '' Pycnostachys de-wildemaniana'' Robyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe
# '' Pycnostachys deflexifolia'' Baker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys descampsii'' Briq. - Zaïre
# '' Pycnostachys elliotii'' S.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys eminii'' Gürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys erici-rosenii'' R.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
# '' Pycnostachys goetzenii'' Gürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda
# '' Pycnostachys gracilis'' R.D.Good - Angola
# '' Pycnostachys graminifolia'' Perkins - Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys kassneri'' De Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys lancifolia'' Bramley - Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys meyeri'' Gürke - western + central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys nepetifolia'' Baker - Kenya
# '' Pycnostachys niamniamensis'' Gürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
# '' Pycnostachys orthodonta'' Gürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys parvifolia'' Baker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
# '' Pycnostachys prittwitzii'' Perkins - Zambia, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys pseudospeciosa'' Buscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia
# '' Pycnostachys recurvata'' Ryding - Ethiopia
# '' Pycnostachys reticulata'' (E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa
# '' Pycnostachys ruandensis'' De Wild. - east-central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys schliebenii'' Mildbr. - east-central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys schweinfurthii'' Briq - western + central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys speciosa'' Gürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
# '' Pycnostachys sphaerocephala'' Baker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre
# '' Pycnostachys stuhlmannii'' Gürke - central Africa
# '' Pycnostachys umbrosa'' (Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania
# '' Pycnostachys urticifolia'' Hook. - southeastern Africa
# '' Pycnostachys verticillata'' Baker - Zambia, Tanzania
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5645558
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera