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Roylea

Roylea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It contains only one known species, Roylea cinerea, native to the Western Himalayas of Nepal and northern India.

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Roylea
Botanical drawing, 1830, of Roylea elegans (now Roylea cinerea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Roylea
Wall. ex Benth.
Species:
R. cinerea
Binomial name
Roylea cinerea
Synonyms1
  • Ballota cinerea D.Don
  • Roylea elegans Wall. ex Benth.
  • Phlomis calycina Roxb.
  • Roylea calycina (Roxb.) Briq.

Roylea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It contains only one known species, Roylea cinerea, native to the Western Himalayas of Nepal and northern India.1

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