Fuerstia

Fuerstia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Ocimeae
Genus:	Fuerstia T.C.E.Fr.

Fuerstia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1929. It is native to Eastern and Southern Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Species

1. Fuerstia adpressa A.J.Paton - Angola
2. Fuerstia africana T.C.E.Fr. - East Africa (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
3. Fuerstia angustifolia G.Taylor - Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
4. Fuerstia bartsioides (Baker) G.Taylor - South Sudan
5. Fuerstia dendrothrix A.J.Paton - Somalia
6. Fuerstia rara G.Taylor - Angola
7. Fuerstia rigida (Benth.) A.J.Paton - Angola
8. Fuerstia ternata A.J.Paton - Tanzania
9. Fuerstia welwitschii G.Taylor - Angola

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
3. Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
4. Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.