Leucas nyassae Gürke var. nyassae

Meerts, Pierre, 2022, New identifications of Lamiaceae (Lamioideae and Scutellarioideae) from D. R. Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, Bothalia (a 9) 52 (1), pp. 1-7 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.38201/btha.abc.v52.i1.9
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scientific name	Leucas nyassae Gürke var. nyassae
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Distribution: D.R. Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Habitat: Miombo woodlands and shrub savannas; alt. ± 1300 m, alt. 400–2100 m elsewhere.

Specimens examined: D. R. CONGO: Haut-Katanga: Territoire de Sakania , environs de Kipushia, env. 5 km au SE de Namapala, ± 12°54’S, 29°37’E, alt. 1230 m, 28 Apr. 1971, Lisowski 23593 ( POZG); Lubumbashi, Kasapa, 11°36’S, 27°38’E, alt. 1230 m, brousse secondaire, 25 Apr. 1971, Lisowski 23594 ( POZG) GoogleMaps .

Discussion: The species was previously known from a single old collection [Rogers 21822 (PRE), cited by Sebald (1980)]. Its presence in D.R. Congo is confirmed here. The new collections are situated in the extreme SE of D.R. Congo, at the northwestern limit of the species’ distribution range, at short distance from the nearest localities in Zambia.

Bibliography: Sebald (1980), Paton et al. (2009, 2013).