Ajuga

Ajuga , also known as bugleweed, ground pine, carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of flowering plants in the Ajugeae tribe of the mint family Lamiaceae. Over 60 species of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants are known. They are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

They grow to tall, with opposite leaves.

Species

Species accepted within Ajuga include:

• Ajuga arabica <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Saudi Arabia
• Ajuga australis <small>R.Br.</small> - Australia
• Ajuga bombycina <small>Boiss.</small> – Aegean Islands, Turkey
• Ajuga boninsimae <small>Maxim.</small> – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan)
• Ajuga brachystemon <small>Maxim.</small> – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India
• Ajuga campylantha <small>Diels</small> – Yunnan
• Ajuga campylanthoides <small>C.Y.Wu & C.Chen</small> – Tibet, central China
• Ajuga chamaecistus <small>Ging. ex Benth.</small> – Iran, Afghanistan
• Ajuga chamaepitys <small>(L.) Schreb.</small> – central and southern Europe, central and southwestern Asia
• Ajuga chasmophila <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Syria
• Ajuga ciliata <small>Bunge</small> – China, Korea, Japan
• Ajuga davisiana <small>Kit Tan & Yildiz</small> – Turkey
• Ajuga decaryana <small>Danguy ex R.A.Clement</small> – Madagascar
• Ajuga decumbens <small>Thunb.</small> – decumbent bugle – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
• Ajuga dictyocarpa <small>Hayata</small> – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
• Ajuga fauriei <small>H.Lév. & Vaniot</small> – Korea
• Ajuga flaccida <small>Baker</small> – Madagascar
• Ajuga forrestii <small>Diels</small> – China, Tibet, Nepal
• Ajuga genevensis <small>L.</small> – central and southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America
• Ajuga grandiflora <small>Stapf</small> – South Australia
• Ajuga incisia <small>Maxim</small> – Honshu Island in Japan
• Ajuga integrifolia <small>Buch.-Ham.</small> – central and eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea
• Ajuga iva <small>(L.) Schreb.</small> – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine
• Ajuga japonica <small>Miq.</small> – Japan
• Ajuga laxmannii <small>(Murray) Benth.</small> – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus
• Ajuga leucantha <small>Lukhoba</small> – Uganda, DRoC, Ethiopia
• Ajuga linearifolia <small>Pamp.</small> – China
• Ajuga lobata <small>D.Don</small> – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
• Ajuga lupulina <small>Maxim.</small> - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
• Ajuga macrosperma <small>Wall. ex Benth.</small> – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern and eastern India, northern Indochina
• Ajuga makinoi <small>Nakai</small> – Honshu Island in Japan
• Ajuga mollis <small>Gladkova</small> – Crimea
• Ajuga multiflora <small>Bunge</small> – Korean pyramid bugle – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye
• Ajuga nipponensis <small>Makino</small> – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan
• Ajuga novoguineensis <small>A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns</small> – New Guinea
• Ajuga nubigena <small>Diels</small> – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
• Ajuga oblongata <small>M.Bieb.</small> – Iraq, Caucasus
• Ajuga oocephala <small>Baker</small> – Madagascar
• Ajuga ophrydris <small>Burch. ex Benth.</small> – South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho
• Ajuga orientalis <small>L.</small> – eastern Mediterranean
• Ajuga ovalifolia <small>Bureau & Franch.</small> – China
• Ajuga palaestina - Palestine (Region), Turkey
• Ajuga pantantha <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small> – Yunnan
• Ajuga parviflora <small>Benth.</small> – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal
• Ajuga piskoi <small>Degen & Bald.</small> – Albania, Yugoslavia
• Ajuga postii <small>Briq.</small> – Turkey
• Ajuga pygmaea <small>A.Gray</small> – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
• Ajuga pyramidalis <small>L.</small> – central + southern Europe
• Ajuga relicta <small>P.H.Davis</small> – Turkey
• Ajuga reptans <small>L.</small> – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and Venezuela
• Ajuga robusta <small>Baker</small> – Madagascar
• Ajuga salicifolia <small>(L.) Schreb.</small> – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, Turkey
• Ajuga saxicola <small>Assadi & Jamzad</small> – Iran
• Ajuga sciaphila <small>W.W.Sm.</small>.- southwestern China
• Ajuga shikotanensis <small>Miyabe & Tatew</small> – Japan, Kuril Islands
• Ajuga sinuata <small>R.Br.</small> – New South Wales
• Ajuga spectabilis <small>Nakai</small> – Korean bugle – Korea
• Ajuga taiwanensis <small>Nakai ex Murata</small> – Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines
• Ajuga tenorii <small>C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl</small> – Italy
• Ajuga turkestanica <small>(Regel) Briq.</small> – Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• Ajuga vesiculifera <small>Herder</small> – Kyrgyzstan
• Ajuga vestita <small>Boiss.</small> – Turkey, Iran
• Ajuga xylorrhiza <small>Kit Tan</small> – Turkey
• Ajuga yesoensis <small>Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.</small> – Japan
• Ajuga zakhoensis <small>Rech.f.</small> – Iraq

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