Mesosphaerum

Mesosphaerum pectinatum

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: Mesosphaerum
Species: M. argutifolium – M. asperifolium – M. chacapoyense – M. collinum – M. diffusum – M. diversifolium – M. eriocephalum – M. gymnocaulon – M. irwinii – M. lachnosphaerium – M. marrubiifolium – M. melissoides – M. oblongifolium – M. obtusatum – M. pectinatum – M. perbullatum – M. pilosum – M. pseudoglaucum – M. purdiei – M. septentrionale – M. sidifolium – M. suaveolens – M. urticoides

Name

Mesosphaerum P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 257 (1756)

• Type species: Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 525 (1891)
  

The genus was once a synonym of Hyptis, but has been resurrected using the above species, in order to accommodate the re-circumscription of Hyptidinae (Harley & Pastore, 2012).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gnoteris Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 76 (1838), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Brotera Spreng., Bot. Gart. Halle, Nachtr. 1: 15 (1802), nom. illeg.
  • Schaueria Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25 (1842), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical America Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Introduced into: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Browne, P. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 257.

Additional references

• Harley, R.M. & Pastore, J.F.B. 2012. A generic revision and new combinations in the Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae), based on molecular and morphological evidence. Phytotaxa 58: 1–55. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.58.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Mesosphaerum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Mesosphaerum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 June 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Mesosphaerum. Published online. Accessed: June 26 2014.

Vernacular names

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