Code
HPYSP
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
annual
Habitat
terrestrial
HPYSP
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore |
synonym | Hyptis americana (Aubl.) Urb. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Hyptis gonocephala C.Wright ex Griseb. |
synonym | Hyptis hispida Poepp. ex J.A.Schmidt |
synonym | Hyptis lophantha Mart. ex Benth. |
synonym | Hyptis madagascariensis Bojer |
synonym | Hyptis menthodora Schrank ex J.A.Schmidt |
synonym | Hyptis pohliana Jacq. ex Benth. |
synonym | Hyptis subverticillata Andersson |
synonym | Leucas microscypha Baker |
synonym | Mesosphaerum gonocephalum (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Kuntze |
synonym | Mesosphaerum lophanthus (Mart. ex Benth.) Kuntze |
synonym | Mesosphaerum menthodorum (Schrank ex J.A.Schmidt) Kuntze |
synonym | Mesosphaerum spicigerum (Lam.) Kuntze |
synonym | Mesosphaerum subverticillatum (Andersson) Kuntze |
synonym | Nepeta americana Aubl. |
synonym | Pycnanthemum elongatum Blanco |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | dummy |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Comparison of Hyptis
H. spicigera | H. pectinata | H. suaveolens | |
Stem | scabrous | glabrous to slightly pubescent | hispid |
Leaf form | lanceolate | elliptical oval | broadly ovate |
Leaf colour | purple base | light green | dark green |
Leaf texture | soft | rough and scabrid | |
Leaf (inferior side) | riddled glands | without gland, densely pubescent | without gland, slightly pubescent |
Inflorescence | in terminal spike | branched panicle | diffuse in small racems |
Keys of Lamiaceae (stem) | ||||
Prostrate growth habit | Lamium amplexicaule | |||
Erect growth habit | Stem with four clear edge | Stem with concave faces | Leonotis nepetifolia | |
Light grooves on the stem | Hyptis pectinata | |||
Stem with four rounded angles | Longitudinal furrow marked on the faces of the stem | Palmate lobed leaf | Leonurus sibiricus | |
Elliptic leaf | Leucas lavandulifolia | |||
Stem with depressed faces and oval lanceolate leaf | Lamina finely serrated towards the top | Hyptis spicigera | ||
Lamina with strongly serrated margin | Leucas martinicensis | |||
Teeth slightly marked on the magin | Ocimum americanum |
Plant of 1 to 2 m | Inflorescence in panicule | Hyptis pectinata | |
inflorescence axillary glomerulus | Leonotis nepetifolia | ||
Plant of 1 m (or less) | lobed palmate leaf | Leonurus sibiricus | |
elliptic leaf | Leucas lavandulifolia | ||
oval leaf | leaf with strongly toothed margins | Leucas martinicensis | |
finely toothed leaf blade to the top | Hyptis spicigera | ||
Plant of 20 to 40 m | upright | Ocimum americanum | |
spreading habit | Lamium amplexicaule |
Inflorescence in panicule | Hyptis pectinata | ||
inflorescence terminal spike | dense spike | Hyptis spicigera | |
loose spike | Ocimum americanum | ||
axillary glomerulus | Orange flower | Leonotis nepetifolia | |
small white flower | Leucas martinicensis | ||
inflorescence whorled | White flower | Leucas lavandulifolia | |
pink flower purple | 10-25 flowers per whorl | Leonurus sibiricus | |
5-10 flowers per whorl | Lamium amplexicaule |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Hyptis spicigera is a pantropical originating from tropical America (central and North of South America).
A widespread weed in the Guinea-savanna zone.
H. spicigera is now widespread throughout tropical Africa and Asia.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Hyptis spicigera is a weed of roadsides and pastures, considered dangerous to livestock.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | dummy |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Hyptis%2520spicigera
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Hyptis |
Species | Hyptis spicigera Lam. |