Cantinoa
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, Panamá, 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, 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 Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa americana Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa carpinifolia Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa colombiana Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa dubia Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa duplicatodentata Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa erythrostachys Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa heterodon Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa impar Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa indivisa Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa macroptera Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa multiseta Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa muricata Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa mutabilis Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa nanuzae HarleyCantinoa x obvallata Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa pinetorum Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa plectranthoides Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa propinqua Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa racemulosa Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa rubicunda Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa similis Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa stricta Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa subrotunda Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa x sylvularum Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa villicaulis Harley & J.F.B.PastoreCantinoa violacea Harley & J.F.B.Pastore