Piloblephis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Piloblephis
Raf.
Species:
P. rigida
Binomial name
Piloblephis rigida
(Bartram ex Benth.) Raf.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pycnothymus (Benth.) Small
  • Satureja rigida Bartram ex Benth.
  • Clinopodium rigidum (Bartram ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Pycnothymus rigidus (Bartram ex Benth.) Small
  • Piloblephis ericoides Raf.

Piloblephis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It contains only one known species, Piloblephis rigida, the wild pennyroyal,[2] or pennyroyal[3] native to Florida, southern Georgia, and the Bahamas.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Piloblephis rigida". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "pennyroyal". Philoblephis rigida. Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  4. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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