Piloblephis

Piloblephis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Piloblephis
Raf.
Binomial name
Piloblephis rigida
(Bartram ex Benth.) Raf.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pycnothymus (Benth.) Small
  • Satureja rigida Bartram ex Benth.
  • Clinopodium rigidum (Bartram ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Pycnothymus rigidus (Bartram ex Benth.) Small
  • Piloblephis ericoides Raf.

Piloblephis is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family, first described as a genus in 1838. It contains only one known species, Piloblephis rigida, the wild pennyroyal,[2] native to Florida, southern Georgia, and the Bahamas.[1][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Piloblephis rigida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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