| Asterohyptis | |
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| Asterohyptis stellulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
| Tribe: | Ocimeae |
| Genus: | Asterohyptis Epling |
Asterohyptis is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, or mint family, first described in 1932.[1] It is native to Mexico and Central America.[2][3][4][5]
- Species[2]
- Asterohyptis mocinoana (Benth.) Epling - widespread from Veracruz to Costa Rica
- Asterohyptis nayarana B.L.Turner - Durango, Nayarit
- Asterohyptis seemannii (A.Gray) Epling - Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa
- Asterohyptis stellulata (Benth.) Epling - from Sinaloa and Durango south to Honduras
References[edit]
- ^ Epling, C. 1933 [1932]. Asterohyptis: a newly proposed genus of Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 60(1): 17–21.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- ^ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
- ^ Turner, B. L. 2011. Overview of the genus Asterohyptis (Lamiaceae) and description of a new species from northern Mexico. Phytoneuron 2011–2: 1–6.