Ovieda

Ovieda
Ovieda spinosa in Haiti in the wild
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Ajugoideae
Genus:	Ovieda L.

Ovieda is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1753. It contains several accepted species, all endemic to the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola in the West Indies. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Accepted species

• Ovieda anafensis (Britton & P.Wilson) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Cuba.
• Ovieda brachypus (Urb.) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Cuba.
• Ovieda calcicola (Britton) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Cuba.
• Ovieda cubensis (Schauer) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Cuba.
• Ovieda grandiflora (Hook.) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Cuba.
• Ovieda picardae (Urb.) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Hispaniola.
• Ovieda spinosa L., endemic to Hispaniola.
• Ovieda tuberculata (A.Rich.) I.E.Méndez, endemic to Cuba.

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Yuan, Y.W., Mabberley, D.J., Steane, D.A. & Olmstead, R.G. (2010). Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae). Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy. Taxon 59: 125-133.
3. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.