Cantinoa americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Hyptidinae
Genus: Cantinoa
Species: Cantinoa americana

Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore, 2012

Basionym
- Nepeta americana Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 623 (1775).
Homotypic
- Hyptis americana (Aubl.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 322 (1918), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Hyptis spicigera Lam., Encycl. 3: 185 (1789).
- Hyptis lophantha Mart. ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 78 (1833).
- Hyptis madagascariensis Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 251 (1837).
- Pycnanthemum elongatum Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 2: 333 (1845).
- Hyptis pohliana Jacq. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 140 (1848).
- Hyptis subverticillata Andersson, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 197 (1855).
- Hyptis hispida Poepp. ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8: 83 (1858).
- Hyptis menthodora Schrank ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8: 84 (1858).
- Hyptis gonocephala C.Wright ex Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 212 (1866).
- Mesosphaerum gonocephalum (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 526 (1891).
- Mesosphaerum lophanthus (Mart. ex Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 526 (1891).
- Mesosphaerum menthodorum (Schrank ex J.A.Schmidt) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 526 (1891).
- Mesosphaerum spicigerum (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 527 (1891).
- Mesosphaerum subverticillatum (Andersson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 527 (1891).
- Leucas microscypha Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 477 (1900).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - Florida
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
- Introduced into:
  - Angola, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

WCVP . Cantinoa americana in World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2.0. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 18 . Reference page.
Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cantinoa americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Cantinoa americana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Cantinoa americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 May 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cantinoa americana. Published online. Accessed: May 18 2022.

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