Rhaphiodon echinus

This article is about a species and genus of plants. For the species and genus of fish, see Biara.

Rhaphiodon echinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Genus: Rhaphiodon
Schauer
Species:
R. echinus
Binomial name
Rhaphiodon echinus
(Nees & Mart.) Schauer
Synonyms[1]
  • Raphiodon Benth.
  • Zappania echinus Nees & Mart.
  • Lippia echinus (Nees & Mart.) Spreng.
  • Hyptis sideritis Mart. ex Benth.
  • Mesosphaerum sideritis (Mart. ex Benth.) Kuntze

Rhaphiodon echinus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, endemic to eastern Brazil. It is the only known species in the genus Rhaphiodon, first described as a plant genus in 1844.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Zappi, D.C. & al. (2003). Lista das plantas vasculares de Catoles. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 345-398.
  3. ^ Vásquez, G.D. & Harley, R.M. (2004). Flora de Grão-Mogol, Minas Gerais: Labiatae. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 22: 193-204.