Aegiphila mollis

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Aegiphila mollis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species:
A. mollis
Binomial name
Aegiphila mollis
Synonyms

Aegiphila salutaris

Aegiphila mollis (syn. Aegiphila salutaris) [1] [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. [3] It is native to Central and South America. [4] Its common names include contra culebra and totumillo. [5]

This plant is a tree or shrub. [2]

The species is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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References

  1. Aegiphila salutaris. The Plant List.
  2. 1 2 Aegiphila mollis. Flora of Bolivia.
  3. França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012). Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus Aegiphila Jacq. Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Neodiversity 6 1-14.
  4. Aegiphila mollis, distribution. Tropicos.
  5. Aegiphila mollis. [ permanent dead link ] Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Herbarium.