Lamiaceae

Hyptis Jacq.

First published in Collectanea 1: 101 (1787), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Christmas I., Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Epling in Kew Bull. 1936: 278. Nom. cons.
  • —F.T.A. 5: 447

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Epling in Rev. Mus. La Plata, Bot. 7: 1–497 (1949).
  • Harley in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 258 (2004).
  • Jacq., Collectanea 1: 101, 103 (1786), conserved name.
  • R.M. Polhill (2013). in J. R. Timberlake, E. S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca, Vol 8: part 8. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Coll. Bot. 1: 101, 103 (1786)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 258 (2004), nom. conserv.
  • Rev. Mus. La Plata, Bot. 7: 153–497 (1949)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Brotera Spreng., Bot. Gart. Halle, Nachr. 1: 15 (1801).
  • Condea Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 504 (1763).
  • Epling, Rev. del Mus. La Plata, Bot. 7: 1-497. (1949), rev.
  • Gnoteris Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 76 (1838).
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Hypothronia Schrank, Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 85 (1824).
  • Hyptis Jacq., Collectanea. 1: 101, 103 (1786) [1787], nom. cons.
  • Mesosphaerum P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 257 (1756).
  • Schaueria Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25 (1842).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0