Hyptis
Family: Lamiaceae
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Thomas Van Devender
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JANAS 35(2)
PLANT: Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, glabrous to canescent, the hairs branching; stems erect to spreading, branched. LEAVES: simple, ovate, toothed, usually petiolate. INFLORESCENCE: dense axillary cymes or verticils. FLOWERS: sessile or pedicillate; calyx tubular, usually 10 veined, enlarging slightly in fruit, 5 toothed, the teeth subequal and acute to acuminate; corolla zygomorphic, tubular, blue purple, exserted from calyx, 2 lipped, 5 lobed, the two upper lobes united nearly to the apex, the side lobes reflexed, the lower lobe saccate and retaining the anthers until explosively released; stamens 4, paired, declining towards lower corolla lobe, the anthers of 2 connate cells with none abortive; style glabrous, the stigma evenly or unevenly 2 lobed. NUTLETS: oblong, smooth or rough. NOTES: Ca. 400 spp., tropical and temperate Amer. and Afr. (Greek: resupinate or turned back, referring to saccate corolla lobe). REFERENCES: Walters, Gretchen M. 2003. Lamiaceae J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2).
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Hyptis actinocephala
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Hyptis adamantium
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Hyptis alata
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Hyptis albida
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Hyptis americana
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Hyptis ammotropha
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Hyptis anitae
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Hyptis apertiflora
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Hyptis atrorubens
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Hyptis balansae
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Hyptis brachiata
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Hyptis brevipes
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Hyptis caespitosa
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Hyptis capitata
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Hyptis caprariifolia
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Hyptis carpinifolia
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Hyptis collina
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Hyptis conferta
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Hyptis crinita
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Hyptis cymosa
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Hyptis decipiens
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Hyptis dilatata
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Hyptis emoryi
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Hyptis eriophylla
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Hyptis escobilla
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Hyptis floribunda
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Hyptis fruticosa
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Hyptis glomerata
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Hyptis havanensis
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Hyptis hirsuta
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Hyptis imbricatiformis
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Hyptis intermedia
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Hyptis involucrata
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Hyptis iodantha
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Hyptis irwinii
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Hyptis lacustris
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Hyptis lanata
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Hyptis lanceolata
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Hyptis langlassei
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Hyptis laniflora
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Hyptis lantanaefolia
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Hyptis lantanifolia
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Hyptis lappacea
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Hyptis leucocephala
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Hyptis lutescens
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Hyptis macrocephala
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Hyptis marrubioides
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Hyptis maya
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Hyptis microphylla
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Hyptis minutifolia
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