Ajuga

Ajuga /əˈdʒuːɡə/,[4] also known as bugleweed,[5] ground pine,[6] carpet bugle, or just bugle, is a genus of 40 species annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants[7] in the Ajugeae tribe of the mint family Lamiaceae, with most species native to Europe, Asia,[8] and Africa, but also two species in southeastern Australia.[3] They grow to 5–50 cm tall, with opposite leaves.[9]

Ajuga
Common bugle (Ajuga reptans)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Tribe: Ajugeae
Genus: Ajuga
L.(1753)
Type species
Ajuga reptans
L.
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Abiga Saint-Lager
  • Bugula P. Miller
  • Chamaepitys Hill
  • Moscharia Forssk. 1775 rejected name, not Ruiz & Pav. 1794 conserved name
  • Phleboanthe Tausch
  • Rosenbachia Regel
  • Bulga Kuntze

Species

Species accepted within Ajuga include:[3]

  • Ajuga arabica P.H.Davis – Saudi Arabia
  • Ajuga australis R.Br. - Australia
  • Ajuga bombycina Boiss. – Aegean Islands, Turkey
  • Ajuga boninsimae Maxim. – Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands of Japan)
  • Ajuga brachystemon Maxim. – Uttarakhand, Nepal, northern India
  • Ajuga campylantha Diels – Yunnan
  • Ajuga campylanthoides C.Y.Wu & C.Chen – Tibet, central China
  • Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. – Iran, Afghanistan
  • Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. – central + southern Europe, central + southwestern Asia
  • Ajuga chasmophila P.H.Davis – Syria
  • Ajuga ciliata Bunge – China, Korea, Japan
  • Ajuga davisiana Kit Tan & Yildiz – Turkey
  • Ajuga decaryana Danguy ex R.A.Clement – Madagascar
  • Ajuga decumbens Thunb. – decumbent bugle[10] – China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  • Ajuga dictyocarpa Hayata – - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  • Ajuga fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot – Korea
  • Ajuga flaccida Baker – Madagascar
  • Ajuga forrestii Diels – China, Tibet, Nepal
  • Ajuga genevensis L. – central + southern Europe, Caucasus; naturalized in North America
  • Ajuga grandiflora Stapf – South Australia
  • Ajuga incisia Maxim – Honshu Island in Japan
  • Ajuga integrifolia Buch.-Ham. – central + eastern Africa, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, China, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea
  • Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb. – Mediterranean region from Canary Islands and Madeira to Turkey and Palestine
  • Ajuga japonica Miq. – Japan
  • Ajuga laxmannii (Murray) Benth. – southeastern Europe from Czech Republic to Greece; Turkey, Caucasus
  • Ajuga leucantha Lukhoba – Uganda, Zaire, Ethiopia
  • Ajuga linearifolia Pamp. – China
  • Ajuga lobata D.Don – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
  • Ajuga lupulina Maxim. - China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
  • Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex Benth. – China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, northern + eastern India, northern Indochina
  • Ajuga makinoi Nakai – Honshu Island in Japan
  • Ajuga mollis Gladkova – Crimea
  • Ajuga multiflora Bunge – Korean pyramid bugle[10] – China, Korea, Chita region of Siberia, Amur, Primorye
  • Ajuga nipponensis Makino – China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan
  • Ajuga novoguineensis A.J.Paton & R.J.Johns – New Guinea
  • Ajuga nubigena Diels – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Ajuga oblongata M.Bieb. – Iraq, Caucasus
  • Ajuga oocephala Baker – Madagascar
  • Ajuga ophrydris Burch. ex Benth. – South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho
  • Ajuga orientalis L. – eastern Mediterranean
  • Ajuga ovalifolia Bureau & Franch. – China
  • Ajuga palaestina - Palestine (Region), Turkey[11]
  • Ajuga pantantha Hand.-Mazz. – Yunnan
  • Ajuga parviflora Benth. – Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal
  • Ajuga piskoi Degen & Bald. – Albania, Yugoslavia
  • Ajuga postii Briq. – Turkey
  • Ajuga pygmaea A.Gray – China, Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
  • Ajuga pyramidalis L. – central + southern Europe
  • Ajuga relicta P.H.Davis – Turkey
  • Ajuga reptans L. – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus; naturalized in New Zealand, North America, and Venezuela
  • Ajuga robusta Baker – Madagascar
  • Ajuga salicifolia (L.) Schreb. – Balkans, Crimea, southern Russia, Turkey
  • Ajuga saxicola Assadi & Jamzad – Iran
  • Ajuga sciaphila W.W.Sm..- southwestern China
  • Ajuga shikotanensis Miyabe & Tatew – Japan, Kuril Islands
  • Ajuga sinuata R.Br. – New South Wales
  • Ajuga spectabilis Nakai – Korean bugle[10] – Korea
  • Ajuga taiwanensis Nakai ex Murata – Taiwa, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines
  • Ajuga tenorii C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl – Italy
  • Ajuga turkestanica (Regel) Briq. – Tajikistan
  • Ajuga vesiculifera Herder – Kyrgyzstan
  • Ajuga vestita Boiss. – Turkey, Iran
  • Ajuga xylorrhiza Kit Tan – Turkey
  • Ajuga yesoensis Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. – Japan
  • Ajuga zakhoensis Rech.f. – Iraq
  • Blue bugle (Ajuga genevensis)
  • Common bugle from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885
  • Color specimen of Ajuga nipponica Makino, 1962

References
  1. "Ajuga". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  2. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2004-09-10). "Genus: Ajuga L." Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607; OED: "Ajuga"
  5. Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
  6. Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved February 04, 2010
  7. Hay, R. (editor)second edition. 1978. Reader's Digest Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and Flowers The Reader's Digest Association Limited, London
  8. "Ajuga". Flora of China.
  9. C. F. Leyel. Compassionate Herbs. Faber and Faber Limited.
  10. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 345. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  11. https://www.gbif.org/species/7566649
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