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Aegiphila panamensis

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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

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]

Description

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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

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  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.