Hosea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1908. It contains only one known species, Hosea lobbii. It is endemic to the Island of Borneo (Sultanate of Brunei + Sarawak region of Malaysia).[1]

Hosea lobbii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Hosea
Ridl.
Species:
H. lobbii
Binomial name
Hosea lobbii
(C.B.Clarke) Ridl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hoseanthus Merr. illegitimate superfluous name
  • Clerodendrum lobbii C.B.Clarke
  • Hoseanthus lobbii (C.B.Clarke) Merr.
  • Clerodendrum discolor Becc. 1902 not (Klotzsch) Vatke 1882

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