Ajuga
| Ajuga | |
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| Common bugle (Ajuga reptans) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Tribe: | Ajugeae |
| Genus: | Ajuga L.(1753) |
| Type species | |
| Ajuga reptans L.
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| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Ajuga /əˈdʒuːɡə/,[4] also known as bugleweed,[5] ground pine,[6] carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of flowering plants in the Ajugeae tribe of the mint family Lamiaceae. There are over 60 species[7] of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants.[8] They are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.[7]
They grow to 5–50 cm (2–20 in) tall, with opposite leaves.[9]
Species
[edit]Species accepted within Ajuga include:[3]
- Ajuga arabica P.H.Davis – Saudi Arabia
- Ajuga australis R.Br. - Australia
- Ajuga bombycina Boiss. – Aegean Islands, Turkey
- Ajuga boninsimae Maxim. – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan)
- Ajuga brachystemon Maxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India
- Ajuga campylantha Diels – Yunnan
- Ajuga campylanthoides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central China
- Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. – Iran, Afghanistan
- Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern Asia
- Ajuga chasmophila P.H.Davis – Syria
- Ajuga ciliata Bunge – China, Korea, Japan
- Ajuga davisiana Kit Tan & Yildiz – Turkey
- Ajuga decaryana Danguy ex R.A.Clement – Madagascar
- Ajuga decumbens Thunb. – decumbent bugle[10] – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
- Ajuga dictyocarpa Hayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
- Ajuga fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
- Ajuga flaccida Baker – Madagascar
- Ajuga forrestii Diels – China, Tibet, Nepal
- Ajuga genevensis L. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America
- Ajuga grandiflora Stapf – South Australia
- Ajuga incisia Maxim – Honshu Island in Japan
- Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea
- Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine
- Ajuga japonica Miq. – Japan
- Ajuga laxmannii (Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus
- Ajuga leucantha Lukhoba – Uganda, DRoC, Ethiopia
- Ajuga linearifolia Pamp. – China
- Ajuga lobata D.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
- Ajuga lupulina Maxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
- Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern Indochina
- Ajuga makinoi Nakai – Honshu Island in Japan
- Ajuga mollis Gladkova – Crimea
- Ajuga multiflora Bunge – Korean pyramid bugle[10] – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye
- Ajuga nipponensis Makino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan
- Ajuga novoguineensis A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New Guinea
- Ajuga nubigena Diels – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Ajuga oblongata M.Bieb. – Iraq, Caucasus
- Ajuga oocephala Baker – Madagascar
- Ajuga ophrydris Burch. ex Benth. – South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho
- Ajuga orientalis L. – eastern Mediterranean
- Ajuga ovalifolia Bureau & Franch. – China
- Ajuga palaestina - Palestine (Region), Turkey[11]
- Ajuga pantantha Hand.-Mazz. – Yunnan
- Ajuga parviflora Benth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal
- Ajuga piskoi Degen & Bald. – Albania, Yugoslavia
- Ajuga postii Briq. – Turkey
- Ajuga pygmaea A.Gray – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
- Ajuga pyramidalis L. – central + southern Europe
- Ajuga relicta P.H.Davis – Turkey
- Ajuga reptans L. – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and Venezuela
- Ajuga robusta Baker – Madagascar
- Ajuga salicifolia (L.) Schreb. – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, Turkey
- Ajuga saxicola Assadi & Jamzad – Iran
- Ajuga sciaphila W.W.Sm..- southwestern China
- Ajuga shikotanensis Miyabe & Tatew – Japan, Kuril Islands
- Ajuga sinuata R.Br. – New South Wales
- Ajuga spectabilis Nakai – Korean bugle[10] – Korea
- Ajuga taiwanensis Nakai ex Murata – Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines
- Ajuga tenorii C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl – Italy
- Ajuga turkestanica (Regel) Briq. – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Ajuga vesiculifera Herder – Kyrgyzstan
- Ajuga vestita Boiss. – Turkey, Iran
- Ajuga xylorrhiza Kit Tan – Turkey
- Ajuga yesoensis Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. – Japan
- Ajuga zakhoensis Rech.f. – Iraq
Gallery
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Blue bugle (Ajuga genevensis)
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Common bugle from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885
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Color specimen of Ajuga nipponica Makino, 1962
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Pyramid bugle (Ajuga pyramidalis)
References
[edit]- ^ "Ajuga". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-10). "Genus: Ajuga L." Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607; OED: "Ajuga"
- ^ Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved February 04, 2010
- ^ a b "Ajuga L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Ajuga". Flora of China.
- ^ C. F. Leyel (1946). Compassionate Herbs. Faber and Faber Limited.
- ^ a b c English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 345. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ "Ajuga chamaepitys subsp. Palaestina (Boiss.) Bornm".
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