What is "leonurus"

Leonurus \Leonurus\ n. A genus of stout Old World herbs having cut-lobed leaves and flowers in whorls.

Syn: genus Leonurus.

Leonurus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America.

Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is called yìmǔcǎo (益母草) in Chinese.

Species are sometimes confused with the related genus Leonotis.

1. Leonurus cardiaca L. - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran
2. Leonurus chaituroides C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan)
3. Leonurus deminutus V.I.Krecz. - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
4. Leonurus glaucescens Bunge - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia
5. Leonurus incanus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Kazakhstan
6. Leonurus japonicus Houtt. - Japan, Korea, Amur, Primorye, much of China (incl Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang), Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturalized in North + South America, West Indies, Hawaii, Cape Verde, etc.
7. Leonurus kuprijanoviae Krestovsk. - Pakistan
8. Leonurus macranthus Maxim. - Japan, Primorye, Manchuria
9. Leonurus mongolicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Mongolia, parts of Siberia (Tuva + Chita)
10. Leonurus nuristanicus Murata - Afghanistan
11. Leonurus oblongifolius Popov - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
12. Leonurus persicus Boiss. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
13. Leonurus pseudomacranthus Kitag. - Japan, Amur, Primorye, eastern China
14. Leonurus pseudopanzerioides Krestovsk. - Mongolia, Xinjiang
15. Leonurus pubescens Benth. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, western Himalayas
16. Leonurus quinquelobatus Gilib. - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Crimea; naturalized in Germany, Belgium, Irkutsk
17. Leonurus royleanus Benth. - western Himalayas
18. Leonurus sibiricus L. - Mongolia, Siberia (Altai, Chita), China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi)
19. Leonurus tataricus L. - Siberia (Altai, Tuva, Western Siberia, Irkutsk)
20. Leonurus tibeticus Krestovsk. - Tibet
21. Leonurus turkestanicus V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - western Himalayas, Tibet, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
22. Leonurus urticifolius C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Tibet
23. Leonurus villosissimus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Hebei)
24. Leonurus wutaishanicus C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - China (Shanxi)