Hyptis
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| Hyptis emoryi | |
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Hyptis is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in tropical North and South America, as well as parts of West Africa.[1] There are 300 to 400 species, which may be annual or perennial, and small herb to large shrub.
Selected species:
- Hyptis alata - clustered bushmint, musky mint
- Hyptis americana - American bushmint
- Hyptis argutifolia
- Hyptis atrorubens - marubio oscuro
- Hyptis brevipes
- Hyptis crenata - Brazilian mint
- Hyptis capitata - false ironwort, wild hops
- Hyptis diversifolia
- Hyptis emoryi - desert lavender
- Hyptis escobilla - bayamon
- Hyptis florida
- Hyptis goyazensis
- Hyptis hirsuta
- Hyptis hygrobia
- Hyptis lantanifolia - island bushmint
- Hyptis lappacea
- Hyptis lorentziana
- Hyptis martiusii
- Hyptis mutabilis - tropical bushmint
- Hyptis pectinata - comb bushmint
- Hyptis platanifolia
- Hyptis pseudoglauca
- Hyptis recurvata
- Hyptis spicigera - marubio
- Hyptis suaveolens - pignut, also known as chan[2]
- Hyptis velutina
- Hyptis verticillata - John Charles
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References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia
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