Aegiphila panamensis
Aegiphila panamensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.[2] It is native to the Americas, its distribution extending from Mexico to Colombia.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Aegiphila |
| Species: | A. panamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegiphila panamensis | |
Description
The species has elliptic leaf blades 8–19 centimetres (3.1–7.5 in) long by 3–7 centimetres (1.2–2.8 in) wide on petioles up to 1.2 centimetres (0.47 in) long. The inflorescence is a panicle of flowers. Each flower has a fuzzy, tubular, cream or yellowish corolla just under a centimeter long.[3]
References
- Nelson, C. (1998). "Aegiphila panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T37430A10053995. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T37430A10053995.en.
- 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.
- "Aegiphila panamensis". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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