''Cantinoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), 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 (herb), ba ...
. It is native primarily to
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
, 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.
The genus name of ''Cantinoa'' is in honour of Philip D. Cantino (or Philip Douglas Cantino) (b. 1948), who is an American botanist at Ohio University
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. He specialised in Lamiaceae plants.
The genus is not recognized by the 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
''Hyptis'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in al ...
''
Species
As accepted by Kew;
* '' Cantinoa althaifolia'' (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa americana'' (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa carpinifolia'' (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa colombiana'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa dubia'' (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa duplicatodentata'' (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa erythrostachys'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa heterodon'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa impar'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa indivisa'' (Pilg.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa macroptera'' (Briq.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa multiseta'' (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa muricata'' (Schott ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa mutabilis'' (Rich.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa nanuzae'' Harley
* '' Cantinoa x obvallata'' (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa pinetorum'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa plectranthoides'' (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa propinqua'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa racemulosa'' (Mart. ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa rubicunda'' (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa similis'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa stricta'' (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa subrotunda'' (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa x sylvularum'' (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa villicaulis'' (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
* '' Cantinoa violacea'' (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
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