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]

Aegiphila panamensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b Zamora, N. (2020). "Aegiphila panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T37430A162312556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T37430A162312556.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Aegiphila panamensis". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2013.