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Mosla

Mosla is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1875. It is native to eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and southeastern Asia.SpeciesMosla bracteata Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam Mosla cavaleriei H.Lév.- Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang Mosla chinensis Maxim. - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang Mosla coreana H.Lév. - Korea Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim. - China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Caucasus, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Sumatra Mosla exfoliata (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Sichuan Mosla hangchouensis Matsuda - Zhejiang Mosla japonica (Benth. ex Oliv.) Maxim. - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands Mosla longibracteata (C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guangxi, Zhejiang Mosla longispica (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Jiangxi Mosla pauciflora (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan Mosla punctulata Nakai - Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China Mosla scabra (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang Mosla soochouensis Matsuda - Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang Mosla tamdaoensis Phuong - Vietnam

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Mosla
Mosla dianthera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Elsholtzieae
Genus: Mosla
(Benth.) Buch.-Ham. ex Maxim.
Synonyms12
  • Hedeoma Persoon sect. Mosla Bentham
  • Orthodon Benth. 1865 not R.Br. 1819

Mosla is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1875. It is native to eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and southeastern Asia.12

Species1
  1. Mosla bracteata Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam
  2. Mosla cavaleriei H.Lév.- Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  3. Mosla chinensis Maxim. - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang
  4. Mosla coreana H.Lév. - Korea
  5. Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim. - China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Caucasus, Himalayas (Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, northern + eastern India), Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Sumatra
  6. Mosla exfoliata (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Sichuan
  7. Mosla hangchouensis Matsuda - Zhejiang
  8. Mosla japonica (Benth. ex Oliv.) Maxim. - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands
  9. Mosla longibracteata (C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guangxi, Zhejiang
  10. Mosla longispica (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Jiangxi
  11. Mosla pauciflora (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan
  12. Mosla punctulata Nakai - Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China
  13. Mosla scabra (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang
  14. Mosla soochouensis Matsuda - Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
  15. Mosla tamdaoensis Phuong - Vietnam
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