Platostoma

Platostoma adalah satu genus dari famili (Lamiaceae).

Platostoma
Platostoma africanum
Taksonomi
Divisi	Tracheophyta
Subdivisi	Spermatophytes
Klad	Angiospermae
Klad	mesangiosperms
Klad	eudicots
Klad	core eudicots
Klad	asterids
Klad	lamiids
Ordo	Lamiales
Famili	Lamiaceae
Subfamili	Nepetoideae
Tribus	Ocimeae
Genus	Platostoma Palisot de Beauvois, 1818
Tata nama
Sinonim takson	Mesona Blume Acrocephalus Benth. Geniosporum Wall. ex Benth. Nosema Prain Limniboza R.E.Fr. Hemsleia Kudô Ceratanthus F.Muell. ex G.Taylor Octomeron Robyns Mesona
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Salah satu spesies dari genus ini, Platostoma palustre (sinonim Mesona procumbens dan Mesona chinensis), yang juga dikenal sebagai xiancao (仙草) dalam bahasa Mandarin, sian-chháu dalam bahasa Taiwan serta leung fan cao (涼粉草) dalam bahasa Kanton, adalah penghasil panganan cincau, terutama cincau hitam. Tanaman ini memiliki khasiat peluruh atau diuretik dan digunakan dalam masakan Taiwan sebagai minuman yang panas dan kental.

Daftar Spesies

1. Platostoma africanum P.Beauv — tropical Africa, southern India, Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
2. Platostoma annamense (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton — Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia
3. Platostoma axillaris (Benth.) A.J.Paton — Assam
4. Platostoma becquerelii Suddee & A.J.Paton — Cambodia
5. Platostoma borzianum (Chiov.) ined.. — Ethiopia
6. Platostoma calcaratum (Hemsl.) A.J.Paton — southern China, northern Indochina
7. Platostoma cambodgense Suddee & A.J.Paton — Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
8. Platostoma clausum (Merr.) A.J.Paton — Culion Island in Philippines
9. Platostoma cochinchinense (Lour.) A.J.Paton — southern China, Indochina, Java, Sumatra
10. Platostoma coeruleum (R.E.Fr.) A.J.Paton — Angola, Zambia
11. Platostoma coloratum (D.Don) A.J.Paton — Yunnan, eastern Himalayas, northern Indochina
12. Platostoma denticulatum Robyns — central Africa from Cameroon east to Tanzania and south to Angola
13. Platostoma dilungense (Lisowski & Mielcarek) A.J.Paton — Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
14. Platostoma elongatum (Benth.) A.J.Paton — Sri Lanka, southern India
15. Platostoma fastigiatum A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
16. Platostoma fimbriatum A.J.Paton — Thailand
17. Platostoma gabonense A.J.Paton — Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania
18. Platostoma glomerulatum A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
19. Platostoma grandiflorum Suddee & A.J.Paton — eastern Indochina
20. Platostoma helenae (Buscal. & Muschl.) ined.. — Mozambique
21. Platostoma hildebrandtii (Vatke) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Kenya, Tanzania
22. Platostoma hispidum (L.) A.J.Paton — Southeast Asia, southern China, Assam, New Guinea
23. Platostoma intermedium A.J.Paton — Thailand
24. Platostoma kerrii Suddee & A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia
25. Platostoma lanceolatum (Chermsir. ex Murata) A.J.Paton — Thailand
26. Platostoma laxiflorum A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
27. Platostoma leptochilon Robyns — Zaïre
28. Platostoma longicorne (F.Muell.) A.J.Paton — Queensland, New Guinea
29. Platostoma madagascariense (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
30. Platostoma mekongense Suddee — Thailand
31. Platostoma menthoides (L.) A.J.Paton — Sri Lanka, southern India
32. Platostoma montanum (Robyns) A.J.Paton — Zaïre, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
33. Platostoma ocimoides (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia
34. Platostoma palniense (Mukerjee) A.J.Paton — southern India
35. Platostoma palustre (Blume) A.J.Paton — Cincau Hitam
36. Platostoma rotundifolium (Briq.) A.J.Paton — tropical and southern Africa
37. Platostoma rubrum Suddee & A.J.Paton — Thailand, Laos
38. Platostoma siamense (Murata) A.J.Paton — Thailand
39. Platostoma stoloniferum (G.Taylor) A.J.Paton — Thailand, Laos
40. Platostoma strictum (Hiern) A.J.Paton — Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
41. Platostoma taylorii Suddee & A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia
42. Platostoma tectum A.J.Paton — Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
43. Platostoma tenellum (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
44. Platostoma thymifolium (Benth.) A.J.Paton & Hedge — Madagascar
45. Platostoma tridechii Suddee — Thailand
46. Platostoma verbenifolium (Watt ex Mukerjee) A.J.Paton — Assam, Bangladesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar

Referensi

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press. hlm. 2489. ISBN 978-1-4200-8044-5. See Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 838. 1826 and Taiwania 43(1):38–58. 1998. 

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