Amasonia hirta is a species of plants in the family Lamiaceae.[2]

Amasonia hirta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Amasonia
Species:
A. hirta
Binomial name
Amasonia hirta
Synonyms[1]
  • Amasonia hirta var. paraensis Moldenke
  • Taligalea hirta (Benth.) Kuntze

The species is native to Brazil and Paraguay.[1][3]

In Portuguese it goes by the common name mendoca and sangue de Cristo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b "Amasonia hirta Benth. names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  3. ^ Benth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 451. 1839.