Asterohyptis Explained

Asterohyptis is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, or mint family, first described in 1932.^[1] It is native to Mexico and Central America.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species^[2]

1. Asterohyptis mocinoana (Benth.) Epling - widespread from Veracruz to Costa Rica
2. Asterohyptis nayarana B.L.Turner - Durango, Nayarit
3. Asterohyptis seemannii (A.Gray) Epling - Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa
4. Asterohyptis stellulata (Benth.) Epling - from Sinaloa and Durango south to Honduras

Notes and References

1. Epling, C. 1933 [1932]. Asterohyptis: a newly proposed genus of Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 60(1): 17–21.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=17428 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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.
4. Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
5. Turner, B. L. 2011. Overview of the genus Asterohyptis (Lamiaceae) and description of a new species from northern Mexico. Phytoneuron 2011–2: 1–6.