Hyptis
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Hyptis is a genus of flowering plant
in the Lamiaceae
family. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in the tropics and warmer temperate regions of the Americas. There are 300 to 400 species, which may be annual or perennial, and small herb to large shrub.
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
family. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in the tropics and warmer temperate regions of the Americas. There are 300 to 400 species, which may be annual or perennial, and small herb to large shrub.
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- Hyptis alataHyptis alataHyptis alata is a shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family, the Mint Family. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints. It is a native species throughout the southeastern United States from Texas to Florida; it is found in wetlands, prairies, pond margins and wet flatwoods...
- clustered bushmint, musky mint - Hyptis americana - American bushmint
- Hyptis argutifoliaHyptis argutifoliaHyptis argutifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Hyptis atrorubens - marubio oscuro
- Hyptis brevipes
- Hyptis crenataHyptis crenataHyptis crenata is a shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints. It is traditionally used for pain relief in Brazil. Its analgesic qualities have been supported by a study....
- Brazilian mint - Hyptis capitata - false ironwort, wild hops
- Hyptis diversifoliaHyptis diversifoliaHyptis diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Hyptis emoryiHyptis emoryiHyptis emoryi is a large, multi-stemmed shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints....
- desert lavender - Hyptis escobilla - bayamon
- Hyptis floridaHyptis floridaHyptis florida is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Source:* Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Hyptis goyazensis
- Hyptis hirsuta
- Hyptis hygrobia
- Hyptis lantanifolia - island bushmint
- Hyptis lappacea
- Hyptis lorentziana
- Hyptis martiusii
- Hyptis mutabilis - tropical bushmint
- Hyptis pectinata - comb bushmint
- Hyptis platanifolia
- Hyptis pseudoglaucaHyptis pseudoglaucaHyptis pseudoglauca is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Hyptis recurvata
- Hyptis spicigera - marubio
- Hyptis suaveolensHyptis suaveolensThe Chan plant is a very well known pseudo-cereal plant in the Latin American region, being approximately 2 meters high, having branches and long, white piliferous stems. Its flowers are purple or white, its leaves oval, wrinkled and pointed...
- pignut, also known as chan - Hyptis velutina
- Hyptis verticillata - John Charles