Cunila Explained

Cunila is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1759. It is native to North and South America.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species^[1]

1. Cunila angustifolia Benth. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
2. Cunila crenata García-Peña & Tenorio - State of Durango in Mexico
3. Cunila fasciculata Benth. - southern Brazil
4. Cunila galioides Benth. - Brazil
5. Cunila incana Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina
6. Cunila incisa Benth. - southern Brazil
7. Cunila leucantha Kunth ex Schltdl. & Cham. - Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama)
8. Cunila lythrifolia Benth. - central + southern Mexico
9. Cunila menthiformis Epling - southern Brazil
10. Cunila menthoides Benth. - Uruguay
11. Cunila microcephala Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
12. Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton - central + eastern United States from Texas and Kansas east to New York and Georgia
13. Cunila platyphylla Epling - southern Brazil
14. Cunila polyantha Benth. - Mexico (from Zacatecas and Jalisco south to Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Panama)
15. Cunila pycnantha B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Mexico (from Sinaloa and Durango south to Chiapas)
16. Cunila ramamoorthiana M.R.Garcia-Pena - Mexico (Guerrero)
17. Cunila spicata Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
18. Cunila tenuifolia Epling - southern Brazil

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=52300 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Cunila%20origanoides.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
3. Xifreda, C.C. & Mallo, A.C. (2006). El género Cunila (Lamiaceae, Mentheae) en Argentina. Darwiniana 44: 298-308.
4. 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.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Web site: Archived copy . 2015-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ . 2015-09-06 . . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.