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Aegiphila panamensis

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Vulnerable

Threat status

Description

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Family Lamiaceae

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , annual or perennial , usually aromatic . Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound , without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary ; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent , 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous , 4 or 2, free , rarely filaments connate , sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal , or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets . Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.[1]

Habitat

Ecology: Occurring in remaining areas of lowland rainforest and thickets, often in marshy places.[2]

Taxonomy

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Notes

Publishing author : Moldenke Publication : in Tropical Woods , 1931, No. 25, 14.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Aegiphila

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 257 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aculeifera · A. acutangula · A. alba · A. amazonica · A. anomala · A. aracaensis · A. arborea · A. arborescens · A. arborescens var. breviflora · A. arcta · A. aurea · A. australis · A. bangii · A. barbadensis · A. bogotensis · A. bogotensis var. aequinoctialis · A. boliviana · A. brachiata · A. bracteolosa · A. brasiliensis · A. breviflora · A. buchtienii · A. candelabrum · A. capitata · A. casseliaeformis · A. casselliaeformis · A. catatumbensis · A. caucensis · A. cayennensis · A. caymanensis · A. cephalophora · A. cestrifolia · A. chrysantha · A. chrysantha var. glabra · A. compacta · A. congesta · A. conturbata · A. cordata · A. cordata var. brevipilosa · A. cordata var. villosissima · A. cordifolia · A. coriacea · A. cornifolia · A. costaricensis · A. cowani · A. cowanii · A. crenata · A. cuatrecasasi · A. cuatrecasasii · A. cuatrecasasii var. nitida · A. cuneata · A. cuneata var. hirsutissima · A. cuspidata · A. densiflora · A. dentata · A. deppeana · A. diffusa · A. dubia · A. duckei · A. dumosa · A. elata (Tall Spiritweed) · A. elegans · A. elongata · A. exiguiflora · A. falcata · A. farinosa · A. fasciculata · A. fendleri · A. ferrea · A. ferruginea · A. filipes · A. floribunda · A. fluminensis · A. foetida · A. froesi · A. furia · A. fusca · A. glabra · A. glabrata · A. glandulifera · A. glandulifera var. peruviana · A. glandulifera var. phyramidata · A. gleasonii · A. glomerata · A. gloriosa · A. gloriosa var. paraensis · A. goeldiana · A. goudotiana · A. grandiflora · A. grandifolia · A. grandis · A. graveolens · A. guianensis · A. hassleri · A. hastingsiana · A. haughtii · A. haughtii var. serratifolia · A. herzogii · A. hirsuta · A. hirsutissima

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  • Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.
  • Notes

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    Contributors

    Data Sources

    Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

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    Footnotes

    1. Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
    2. Nelson, C. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
    Last Revised: 2009-07-28