- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 600–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Cauca, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 600 - 2000 m.; Andes, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[FWTA]
Labiatae, J. K. Morton. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A tall, erect, aromatic, rather scabrid herb
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers very small, corolla white with mauve marks on the lip
- Ecology
- A weed of roadsides and cultivated land, often occurring in damp places.
[FTEA]
Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009
- Type
- Type: origin unknown, West Indies or Sierra Leone, Smeathman s.n. (P-LAM, holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb, 0.3–2.5 m tall, with strong rather unpleasant smell
- Morphology Stem
- Stem erect, developing numerous flowering branches above, quadrangular, with short retrorse hairs and sessile glands on the faces and small recurved prickles on the angles
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf blades elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–10 × 1–4 cm, coarsely serrate, acute at apex, cuneate at base, with tiny rigid hairs especially near margins and along veins beneath; petiole 0.5–4 cm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences terminal, spike-like, composed of many subsessile overlapping cymes; cymes ± 10–20-flowered, congested, slightly 1-sided; bracts leaf-like, smaller upwards; bracteoles numerous, linear, 3–5 mm long, coarsely ciliate, giving the inflorescence a bristly appearance
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 3.5–4(–7 in fruit) mm long; tube campanulate, becoming elongately urceolate, covered in sessile glands and with long hairs toward apex and around the mouth; lobes linear-subulate, 2–3 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white fading mauve-pink, 3–4 mm long, pubescent distally
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets pale to occasionally dark brown, oblong-ellipsoid, slightly compressed, with a slight median ridge, 1.5–1.6 × 0.9–1.1 mm, smooth.
- Ecology
- By rivers, lakes and swamps, flood plains, cultivated areas; 25–1050 m
- Conservation
- Least concern; widely distributed
- Note
- Several collectors in Uganda and Sudan note that the seeds are used in cooking for their oil.
- Distribution
- Range: Native of tropical America, possibly Brazilian in origin, now widespread in tropical and South Africa, also elsewhere Flora districts: U1 U 2/U4 U4 T4 T6 T7 T8
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
Native to:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Angola, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre
- Hyptis americana (Aubl.) Urb.
- Hyptis gonocephala C.Wright ex Griseb.
- Hyptis hispida Poepp. ex J.A.Schmidt
- Hyptis lophantha Mart. ex Benth.
- Hyptis madagascariensis Bojer
- Hyptis menthodora Schrank ex J.A.Schmidt
- Hyptis pohliana Jacq. ex Benth.
- Hyptis spicigera Lam.
- Hyptis subverticillata Andersson
- Leucas microscypha Baker
- Mesosphaerum gonocephalum (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Kuntze
- Mesosphaerum lophanthus (Mart. ex Benth.) Kuntze
- Mesosphaerum menthodorum (Schrank ex J.A.Schmidt) Kuntze
- Mesosphaerum spicigerum (Lam.) Kuntze
- Mesosphaerum subverticillatum (Andersson) Kuntze
- Nepeta americana Aubl.
- Pycnanthemum elongatum Blanco
Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 11, 2012 | Zanoni, T. et al. [43901] | K000735606 | No | ||
Jun 20, 2012 | Bernacci et al. [1736], Brazil | K000735455 | Yes | ||
Jun 1, 2012 | Pringle, C.G. [6559], Morelos | K000735429 | epitype | Yes | |
Jun 1, 2012 | Pringle, C.G. [6559], Morelos | K000820704 | epitype | Yes | |
Apr 24, 2006 | Mostacedo [2167], Bolivia | Hyptis spicigera | K000194395 | No | |
Mar 29, 2006 | Naessany [68], Bolivia | Hyptis spicigera | K000194337 | Yes | |
Jul 27, 1972 | Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi | Hyptis spicigera | K000347155 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Jan 1, 1964 | Eyma, P.J. [3371], Indonesia | Hyptis spicigera | K000855940 | No | |
Jan 1, 1927 | Wright, C. [3154], Cuba | Hyptis spicigera | K000488263 | isotype | Yes |
Feb 11, 1918 | Elbert, J. [2897], Indonesia | Hyptis spicigera | K000855939 | No | |
Milne-Redhead, E. [10475], Tanzania | Hyptis spicigera | 25457.000 | No | ||
Harley, R.M. [21451], Brazil | Hyptis spicigera | 52066.000 | No | ||
Lambert [s.n.], Madagascar | Hyptis spicigera | K000347156 | Yes | ||
Bojer [s.n.], Madagascar | Hyptis spicigera | K000347158 | Yes | ||
Baron, R. [5508], Madagascar | Hyptis spicigera | K000347157 | Yes | ||
Riedel, J.G.F. [s.n.], Indonesia | Hyptis spicigera | K000855938 | No | ||
Bermejos, J. [188], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896425 | No | ||
Vidal, S. [3469], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896421 | No | ||
Copeland, E.B. [540], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896423 | No | ||
Merrill, E.D. [108], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896428 | No | ||
Loher, A. [4181], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896424 | No | ||
Merrill, E.D. [3293], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896426 | No | ||
Vidal, S. [3496], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896422 | No | ||
Motley, J. [417], Indonesia | Hyptis spicigera | K000855937 | No | ||
Whitford, H.N. [s.n.], Philippines | Hyptis spicigera | K000896427 | No |
First published in Phytotaxa 58: 9 (2012)
Accepted by
- Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
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