EcoFlora - Hyptis

Hyptis
Family: Lamiaceae Media not available	VPAP Resources 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).
Species within checklist: Collected for the "Flora of the Carolinas" \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Hyptis actinocephala Map not Available Hyptis adamantium Map not Available Hyptis alata Map not Available Hyptis alutacea Map not Available Hyptis americana Map not Available Hyptis ammotropha Map not Available Hyptis angustifolia Media not available Map not Available Hyptis anitae Map not Available Hyptis apertiflora Map not Available Hyptis arenaria Media not available Map not Available Hyptis atrorubens Map not Available Hyptis bahiensis Media not available Map not Available Hyptis balansae Map not Available Hyptis brachiata Map not Available Hyptis brevipes Map not Available Hyptis caespitosa Map not Available Hyptis capitata Map not Available Hyptis caprariifolia Map not Available Hyptis carpinifolia Map not Available Hyptis coccinea Media not available Map not Available Hyptis collina Map not Available Hyptis conferta Map not Available Hyptis corymbosa Media not available Map not Available Hyptis crenata Media not available Map not Available Hyptis crinita Map not Available Hyptis cymosa Map not Available Hyptis decipiens Map not Available Hyptis dictyodea Media not available Map not Available Hyptis dilatata Map not Available Hyptis dumetorum Map not Available Hyptis eriophylla Map not Available Hyptis escobilla Media not available Map not Available Hyptis ferruginosa Media not available Map not Available Hyptis floribunda Map not Available Hyptis florida Map not Available Hyptis fruticosa Map not Available Hyptis gardneri Map not Available Hyptis glomerata Map not Available Hyptis graveolens Media not available Map not Available Hyptis havanensis Map not Available Hyptis heterophylla Media not available Map not Available Hyptis hirsuta Map not Available Hyptis hispida Media not available Map not Available Hyptis homalophylla Media not available Map not Available Hyptis humilis Media not available Map not Available Hyptis imbricata Media not available Map not Available Hyptis imbricatiformis Map not Available Hyptis inodora Media not available Map not Available Hyptis intermedia Media not available Map not Available Hyptis involucrata Media not available Map not Available