Lagochilus is a genus of the mint family that contains Turkistan mint (Lagochilus inebrians). It is native to central, south-central, and eastern Asia (Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, etc.).
Etymology of genus name
The genus name Lagochilus is derived from the Greek elements ûñóÃÂà(lagos) "hare" and ÃÂõïûÿà(ch(e)ilos) "lip" (in reference to a perceived resemblance between the shape of the corolla and the cleft lip of a hare).
Species
- Lagochilus acutilobus <small>(Ledeb.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus alutaceus <small>Bunge</small> â Iran
- Lagochilus androssowii <small>Knorring</small> â Kazakhstan
- Lagochilus aucheri <small>Boiss.</small> â Iran
- Lagochilus balchanicus <small>Czerniak.</small> â Turkmenistan
- Lagochilus botschantzevii <small>Kamelin & Tzukerv.</small> â Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus bungei <small>Benth.</small> â Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
- Lagochilus cabulicus <small>Benth.</small> â Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas of northern India, Turkmenistan
- Lagochilus cuneatus <small>Benth.</small> â Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Lagochilus diacanthophyllus <small>(Pall.) Benth.</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
- Lagochilus drobovii <small>Kamelin & Tzukerv.</small> â Kyrgyzstan
- Lagochilus grandiflorus <small>C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan</small> â Xinjiang
- Lagochilus gypsaceus <small>Vved.</small> â Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- Lagochilus hindukushi <small>Kamelin & Gubanov</small> â Afghanistan
- Lagochilus hirsutissimus <small>Vved</small> â Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus hirtus <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> â Kazakhstan, Xinjiang
- Lagochilus hispidus <small>(Bél.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> â Iran
- Lagochilus ilicifolius <small>Bunge ex Benth.</small> â Tuva Republic in Russia, Mongolia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi
- Lagochilus inebrians <small>Bunge</small> â Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- Lagochilus kaschgaricus <small>Rupr.</small> â Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang
- Lagochilus knorringianus <small>Pavlov</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus kschtutensis <small>Knorring</small> â Tajikistan
- Lagochilus lanatonodus <small>C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan</small> â Xinjiang
- Lagochilus leiacanthus <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> â Xinjiang, Kazakhstan
- Lagochilus longidentatus <small>Knorring</small> â Kazakhstan
- Lagochilus macracanthus <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> â Iran
- Lagochilus nevskii <small>Knorring</small> â Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus occultiflorus <small>Rupr.</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Lagochilus olgae <small>Kamelin</small> â Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus paulsenii <small>Briq.</small> â Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus platyacanthus <small>Rupr.</small> â Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus platycalyx <small>Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey</small> â Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus proskorjakovii <small>Ikramov</small> â Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus pubescens <small>Vved.</small> â Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus pulcher <small>Knorring</small> â Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
- Lagochilus pungens <small>Schrenk</small> â Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
- Lagochilus quadridentatus <small>Jamzad</small> â Iran
- Lagochilus schugnanicus <small>Knorring</small> â Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan
- Lagochilus seravschanicus <small>Knorring</small> â Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus setulosus <small>Vved.</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus subhispidus <small>Knorring</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus taukumensis <small>Tzukerv.</small> â Kazakhstan
- Lagochilus turkestanicus <small>Knorring</small> â Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Lagochilus vvedenskyi <small>Kamelin & Tzukerv.</small> â Uzbekistan
- Lagochilus xianjiangensis <small>G.J.Liu -</small> Xinjiang
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