Cornutia

Cornutia
Flowers of Cornutia obovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Viticoideae
Genus: Cornutia
Plum. ex L.
Synonyms

Cornutia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1753. Species in this genus are native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere, including southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

  • Cornutia australis Moldenke - Ecuador, Brazil
  • Cornutia coerulea (Jacq.) Moldenke - Jamaica
  • Cornutia jamaicensis Moldenke - Jamaica
  • Cornutia obovata Urb. - Puerto Rico
  • Cornutia odorata (Poepp.) Schauer - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Cornutia pubescens C.F.Gaertn. - French Guiana
  • Cornutia pyramidata L. - southern Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas), Central America, West Indies, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Cornutia thyrsoidea Banks ex Moldenke - Jamaica