| Bastard stopper | |
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| Petitia oleina (Mexico 28814),Photographed at Huntington Gardens (Los Angeles, California) in March | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Viticoideae |
| Genus: | Petitia Jacq. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scleroon Benth. ex Lindl | |
Petitia, called the bastard stopper,[2][3] is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1760. It contains two known species, native to Florida and the West Indies.[1][4]
- Species[1]
- Petitia domingensis Jacq. - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Miami-Dade County in Florida
- Petitia urbanii Ekman. - Cuba, Tortuga Island in Haiti
References
External links
Media related to Petitia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Petitia at Wikispecies
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