''Cantinoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
. It is native primarily to
New World
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, with some species introduced in the old world.
The endemic range of this genus is Tropical and Subtropical America. It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.
It was first described and published by
Raymond Mervyn Harley and
José Floriano Barêa Pastore in Phytotaxa vol.58 on page 8 in 2012.
Ohio University
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. He specialised in Lamiaceae plants.United States Department of Agriculture
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and the Agricultural Research Service
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, they class it as a possible synonym of '' Hyptis''
Species
As accepted by Kew;
References
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Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
Flora of Florida
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora of northern South America
Flora of western South America
Flora of Brazil