Aegiphila panamensis
| Aegiphila panamensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Aegiphila |
| Species: | A. panamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegiphila panamensis Moldenke | |
Aegiphila panamensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.[2] It is native to the Americas, its distribution extending from Mexico to Colombia.[1]
Description
The species has elliptic leaf blades 8–19 centimetres (3.1–7.5 in) long by 3–7 centimetres (1.2–2.8 in) wide on petioles up to 1.2 centimetres (0.47 in) long. The inflorescence is a panicle of flowers. Each flower has a fuzzy, tubular, cream or yellowish corolla just under a centimeter long.[3]
References
- 1 2 Nelson, C. 1998. Aegiphila panamensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 06 August 2013.
- ↑ França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012). Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus Aegiphila Jacq. Neodiversity 6 1-14.
- ↑ "Aegiphila panamensis". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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