Cantinoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native primarily to New World, with some species introduced in the old world.
The endemic range of this genus is Tropical and Subtropical America. It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.
It was first described and published by Raymond Mervyn Harley and José Floriano Barêa Pastore in Phytotaxa vol.58 on page 8 in 2012.
The genus name of Cantinoa is in honour of Philip D. Cantino (or Philip Douglas Cantino) (b. 1948), who is an American botanist at Ohio University. He specialised in Lamiaceae plants.
The genus is not recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, they class it as a possible synonym of Hyptis
Species As accepted by Kew;
Cantinoa althaifolia (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa carpinifolia (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa colombiana (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa dubia (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa duplicatodentata (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa erythrostachys (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa heterodon (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa impar (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa indivisa (Pilg.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa macroptera (Briq.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa multiseta (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa muricata (Schott ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa mutabilis (Rich.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa nanuzae Harley Cantinoa x obvallata (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa pinetorum (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa plectranthoides (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa propinqua (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa racemulosa (Mart. ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa rubicunda (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa similis (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa stricta (Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa subrotunda (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa x sylvularum (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa villicaulis (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore Cantinoa violacea (Pohl ex Benth.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore
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