Cunila is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1759. It is native to North and South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapXifreda, C.C. & Mallo, A.C. (2006). El género Cunila (Lamiaceae, Mentheae) en Argentina. Darwiniana 44: 298-308.Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroMolina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
Species Cunila angustifolia Benth. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina Cunila crenata García-Peña & Tenorio - State of Durango in Mexico Cunila fasciculata Benth. - southern Brazil Cunila galioides Benth. - Brazil Cunila incana Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina Cunila incisa Benth. - southern Brazil Cunila leucantha Kunth ex Schltdl. & Cham. - Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama) Cunila lythrifolia Benth. - central + southern Mexico Cunila menthiformis Epling - southern Brazil Cunila menthoides Benth. - Uruguay Cunila microcephala Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton - central + eastern United States from Texas and Kansas east to New York and Georgia Cunila platyphylla Epling - southern Brazil Cunila polyantha Benth. - Mexico (from Zacatecas and Jalisco south to Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Panama) Cunila pycnantha B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Mexico (from Sinaloa and Durango south to Chiapas) Cunila ramamoorthiana M.R.Garcia-Pena - Mexico (Guerrero) Cunila spicata Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay Cunila tenuifolia Epling - southern Brazil
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