Petitia

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

Bastard stopper
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: Premnoideae
Genus: Petitia
Jacq.
Synonyms[1]

Scleroon Benth. ex Lindl

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  3. US Department of Agriculture plant profile
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map

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