{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Syncolostemon_obermeyerae_2.jpg |image_caption = ''Syncolostemon obermeyerae'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Syncolostemon |authority = E.Mey. ex Benth. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=h/> |synonyms = *''Hemizygia'' <small>(Benth.) Briq.</small> *''Bouetia'' <small>A.Chev.</small> }}
'''''Syncolostemon''''' ('''sagebushes''') is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It is native primarily to South Africa, with some species in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa (including Madagascar), plus one species in India.<ref name=h>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=198987 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref> Donald F. Otieno, Kevin Balkwill, Alan J. Paton & Vincent Savolainen. 2006. [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25065688?uid=3739888&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104103430401 A Reassessment of ''Hemizygia'' and ''Syncolostemon'' (Ocimeae-Lamiaceae). Taxon 55:941-958]</ref><ref>[http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1237 Flora of Zimbabwe]</ref><ref>[http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Syncolostemon_Genus.asp Zipcodezoo]</ref>
;Species<ref name=h/> # ''Syncolostemon albiflorus'' <small>(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno</small> - Transvaal, Eswatini # ''Syncolostemon argenteus'' <small>N.E.Br.</small> - KwaZulu-Natal # ''Syncolostemon bolusii'' <small>(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno</small> - KwaZulu-Natal # ''Syncolostemon bracteosus'' <small>(Benth.) D.F.Otieno</small> - widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa # ''Syncolostemon canescens'' <small>(Gürke) D.F.Otieno</small> - Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon cinereum'' <small>(Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief</small> - South Africa # ''Syncolostemon comosus'' <small>(Wight ex Benth.) D.F.Otieno</small> - southern India # ''Syncolostemon comptonii'' <small>Codd</small> - Eswatini # ''Syncolostemon concinnus'' <small>N.E.Br.</small> - Eswatini, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon densiflorus'' <small>Benth.</small> - South Africa # ''Syncolostemon elliottii'' <small>(Baker) D.F.Otieno</small> - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Transvaal # ''Syncolostemon eriocephalus'' <small>Verd.</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon flabellifolius'' <small>(S.Moore) A.J.Paton</small> - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe # ''Syncolostemon floccosus'' <small>(Launert) D.F.Otieno</small> - Namibia # ''Syncolostemon foliosus'' <small>(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno</small> - Eswatini, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon gerrardii'' <small>(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno</small> - South Africa # ''Syncolostemon incanus'' <small>(Codd) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon latidens'' <small>(N.E.Br.) Codd</small> - KwaZulu-Natal # ''Syncolostemon linearis'' <small>(Benth.) D.F.Otieno</small> - Zimbabwe # ''Syncolostemon macranthus'' <small>(Gürke) Ashby</small> - Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa # ''Syncolostemon macrophyllus'' <small>Gürke</small> - South Africa # ''Syncolostemon madagascariensis'' <small>(A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno</small> - Madagascar # ''Syncolostemon modestus'' <small>(Codd) D.F.Otieno</small> - Eswatini, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon namapaensis'' <small>D.F.Otieno</small> - Mozambique, Tanzania # ''Syncolostemon obermeyerae'' <small>(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon oritrephes'' <small>(Wild) D.F.Otieno</small> - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe # ''Syncolostemon ornatus'' <small>(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno</small> - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe # ''Syncolostemon parviflorus'' <small>E.Mey. ex Benth.</small> - Eswatini, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon parvifolius'' <small>(Codd) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon persimilis'' <small>(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon petiolatus'' <small>(Ashby) D.F.Otieno</small> - Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique # ''Syncolostemon pretoriae'' <small>(Gürke) D.F.Otieno</small> - Eswatini, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon punctatus'' <small>(Codd) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon ramosus'' <small>(Codd) D.F.Otieno</small> - KwaZulu-Natal # ''Syncolostemon ramulosus'' <small>E.Mey. ex Benth.</small> - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province # ''Syncolostemon rehmannii'' <small>(Gürke) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon rotundifolius'' <small>E.Mey. ex Benth.</small> - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province # ''Syncolostemon rugosifolius'' <small>(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon stalmansii'' <small>(A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno</small> - Mpumalanga, Eswatini # ''Syncolostemon stenophyllus'' <small>(Gürke) D.F.Otieno</small> - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province # ''Syncolostemon subvelutinus'' <small>(Gürke) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon teucriifolius'' <small>(Hochst.) D.F.Otieno</small> - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa # ''Syncolostemon thorncroftii'' <small>(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon transvaalensis'' <small>(Schltr.) D.F.Otieno</small> - Northern Province of South Africa # ''Syncolostemon welwitschii'' <small>(Rolfe) D.F.Otieno</small> - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
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Category:Lamiaceae Category:Lamiaceae genera