{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pycnostachys urticifolia1.jpg | image_caption = ''Pycnostachys urticifolia'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Pycnostachys | authority = Hook. | synonyms_ref = <ref name=b/> | synonyms = *''Echinostachys'' <small>E.Mey.</small> }}
'''''Pycnostachys''''' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.<ref name=b>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=171151 Kew World Checklist of Selected plant Families]</ref>
;Species<ref name=b/> # ''Pycnostachys abyssinica'' <small>Fresen.</small> - Ethiopia # ''Pycnostachys angolensis'' <small>G.Taylor -</small> Angola # ''Pycnostachys batesii'' <small>Baker</small> - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda # ''Pycnostachys chevalieri'' <small>Briq.</small> - Central African Republic # ''Pycnostachys ciliata'' <small>Bramley</small> - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia # ''Pycnostachys coerulea'' <small>Hook.</small> - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar # ''Pycnostachys congensis'' <small>Gürke</small> - Zaïre, Zambia # ''Pycnostachys de-wildemaniana'' <small>Robyns & Lebrun</small> - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe # ''Pycnostachys deflexifolia'' <small>Baker</small> - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda # ''Pycnostachys descampsii'' <small>Briq.</small> - Zaïre # ''Pycnostachys elliotii'' <small>S.Moore</small> - Zaïre, Uganda # ''Pycnostachys eminii'' <small>Gürke</small> - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys erici-rosenii'' <small>R.E.Fr</small> - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda # ''Pycnostachys goetzenii'' <small>Gürke</small> - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda # ''Pycnostachys gracilis'' <small>R.D.Good</small> - Angola # ''Pycnostachys graminifolia'' <small>Perkins</small> - Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys kassneri'' <small>De Wild</small> - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys lancifolia'' <small>Bramley</small> - Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys meyeri'' <small>Gürke</small> - western + central Africa # ''Pycnostachys nepetifolia'' <small>Baker</small> - Kenya # ''Pycnostachys niamniamensis'' <small>Gürke</small> - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda # ''Pycnostachys orthodonta'' <small>Gürke</small> - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys parvifolia'' <small>Baker</small> - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi # ''Pycnostachys prittwitzii'' <small>Perkins</small> - Zambia, Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys pseudospeciosa'' <small>Buscal. & Muschl.</small> - Zaïre, Zambia # ''Pycnostachys recurvata'' <small>Ryding</small> - Ethiopia # ''Pycnostachys reticulata'' <small>(E.Mey.) Benth.</small> - central + southern Africa # ''Pycnostachys ruandensis'' <small>De Wild. -</small> east-central Africa # ''Pycnostachys schliebenii'' <small>Mildbr.</small> - east-central Africa # ''Pycnostachys schweinfurthii'' <small>Briq</small> - western + central Africa # ''Pycnostachys speciosa'' <small>Gürke</small> - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda # ''Pycnostachys sphaerocephala'' <small>Baker</small> - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre # ''Pycnostachys stuhlmannii'' <small>Gürke</small> - central Africa # ''Pycnostachys umbrosa'' <small>(Vatke) Perkins</small> - Kenya, Tanzania # ''Pycnostachys urticifolia'' <small>Hook.</small> - southeastern Africa # ''Pycnostachys verticillata'' <small>Baker</small> - Zambia, Tanzania
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Category:Lamiaceae Category:Lamiaceae genera