Resumen de Leucas sivadasaniana, a New Species of Lamiaceae (Leucas sect. Astrodon) from Peninsular India
The new species Leucas sivadasaniana Sunojkumar (Lamiaceae), collected from the Kudachadri Hills of Karnataka in Peninsular India, is described and illustrated. It is related to L. beddomei (Hooker f.) Sunojkumar & P. Mathew, L. eriostoma Hooker f., and L. lamiifolia Desfontaines, from which the new species differs in having broadly cuneate leaves, long and densely villous bracteoles, a nonciliate calyx mouth, and triangular teeth. This species is included in Leucas sect. Astrodon Bentham.
