Checklist and key of genera and species of the Lamiaceae of the Brazilian Amazon

A checklist and keys are provided for Lamiaceae native to Brazilian Amazonia (eight genera and 42 species), excluding the genera Vitex, Volkameria, Aegiphila and Amasonia, which have recently been transferred from the Verbenaceae, and for which the author did not have data. An herbarium voucher is listed for each state in which the species has been found. Notes on many cultivated taxa are included, and also a key to all species of Ocimum known from Brazil.

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Main Author: Harley,Raymond Mervyn
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 2012
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602012000100010
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Summary:A checklist and keys are provided for Lamiaceae native to Brazilian Amazonia (eight genera and 42 species), excluding the genera Vitex, Volkameria, Aegiphila and Amasonia, which have recently been transferred from the Verbenaceae, and for which the author did not have data. An herbarium voucher is listed for each state in which the species has been found. Notes on many cultivated taxa are included, and also a key to all species of Ocimum known from Brazil.