Aegiphila panamensis

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Aegiphila panamensis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species:
A. panamensis
Binomial name
Aegiphila panamensis

Aegiphila panamensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.[2] It is native to the Americas, its distribution extending from Mexico to Colombia.[1]

Description

The species has elliptic leaf blades 8–19 centimetres (3.1–7.5 in) long by 3–7 centimetres (1.2–2.8 in) wide on petioles up to 1.2 centimetres (0.47 in) long. The inflorescence is a panicle of flowers. Each flower has a fuzzy, tubular, cream or yellowish corolla just under a centimeter long.[3]

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