Chaiturus

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Leonureae
Genus: Chaiturus
Species: C. marrubiastrum
Name

Chaiturus Ehrh. ex Willd., Fl. Berol. Prodr.: 200 (1787)
monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, France, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin

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

Ehrhart, J.F., 1787. Fl. Berol. Prodr.: 200

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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Chaiturus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 25. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Chaiturus. 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 Mar 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Chaiturus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Mar 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Chaiturus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 25 2022.

Vernacular names
беларуская: грывахвост
English: lion's tail
Hiri Motu: Somoćana křižowka
ქართული: Жалқұйрық
polski: szczeciogon
русский: Щетинохвост
中文: 鬃尾草属

Chaiturus is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1787. It contains only one known species, Chaiturus marrubiastrum, native to central and southern Europe (Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Balkans, Ukraine, etc.), Russia, Turkey, Caucasus, and Central Asia (Altai, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan).[1][2][3][4] False motherwort is a common name for this species.[5]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardiaca nepetellona, Chaiturus marrubiastrum (L.) Ehrh. ex Rchb. includes photos and European distribution map
Flora of China, Vol. 17 Page 160 鬃尾草 zong wei cao Chaiturus marrubiastrum (Linnaeus) Spenner
Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.