Mosla dianthera

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Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Elsholtzieae
Genus: Mosla
Species: Mosla dianthera
Name

Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim., 1875
Synonyms

Basionym
Lycopus diantherus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 144 (1820).
Homotypic
Orthodon diantherus (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 933 (1936).
Heterotypic
Cunila buchananii Spreng., Neue Entd. 3: 88 (1822).
Ocimum polycladum Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 119 (1822).
Cunila nepalensis D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 107 (1825).
Lumnitzera ocimoides Jacq. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 2: 687 (1825), nom. superfl.
Lumnitzera ocymoides Jacq. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., 2: 687 (1825), nom. superfl.
Melissa nepalensis Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 66 (1830).
Moschosma ocymoides Benth. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 483 (1830), nom. superfl.
Mosla ocymoides Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 66 (1830), pro syn.
Hedeoma napalensis Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 366 (1834).
Ocimum congestum Spreng. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 202 (1841), not validly publ.
Mosla formosana Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 20: 459 (1875).
Mosla grosseserrata Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 20: 458 (1875).
Calamintha clinopodium var. nepalensis (D.Don) Dunn, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 160 (1915).
Mosla lysimachiiflora Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 104 (1919).
Orthodon fomosanus (Maxim.) Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 79 (1929).
Orthodon grosseserratus (Maxim.) Kudô, Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 79 (1929).
Mosla remotiflora Y.Z.Sun, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 7: 55 (1932).
Orthodon lysimachiiflorus (Hayata) Masam., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 22: 232 (1932).
Orthodon punctatus var. tetrantherus Hand.-Mazz., Acta Horti Gothob. 9: 89 (1934).
Orthodon hirtus H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 12: 44 (1936).
Orthodon tenuicaulis Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 47 (1936).
Orthodon grosseserratus var. nanus H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 14: 75 (1938).
Orthodon mayebaranus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 53: 50 (1939).
Orthodon hirtus f. nanus (H.Hara) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 17: 396 (1941).
Mosla hirta (H.Hara) H.Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 30: 25 (1955).
Mosla dianthera var. nana (H.Hara) Ohwi ex Huang & Cheng, Fl. Taiwan 4: 489 (1978)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Indian subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, West Himalaya, Nepal
Regional: China
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Manchuria, Taiwan
Regional: Eastern Asia
Amur, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Primorye
Regional: Caucasus
Transcaucasus
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Southeastern Asia
Kuril Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera,, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Maximowicz, C.J., 1875. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. St. Petersburg 20:457. (Diagn. pl. nov. jap.)

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Mosla dianthera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Mosla dianthera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Apr 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Mosla dianthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Mosla dianthera. Published online. Accessed: Apr 12 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mosla dianthera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Apr 12.

Vernacular names
English: miniature beefsteakplant
한국어: 쥐깨풀
中文: 粗鋸齒薺薴