Aegiphila lhotskiana

Aegiphila lhotskiana (orth. var. Aegiphila lhotskyana Cham.[1]) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.[2] It is native to South America, where it occurs in Bolivia and Brazil.[3] This species is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Aegiphila lhotskiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species:
A. lhotskiana
Binomial name
Aegiphila lhotskiana

A number of abietane diterpenes have been isolated from this plant.[4]

References

  1. (in Portuguese) Aegiphila lhotskyana. Flora Brasiliensis.
  2. França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012). Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus Aegiphila Jacq. Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Neodiversity 6 1-14.
  3. Aegiphila lhotskiana, distribution. Tropicos.
  4. Costa-Lotufo, L. V., et al. (2004). Antiproliferative effects of abietane diterpenes from Aegiphila lhotzkyana. Planta Medica 70(2), 180-82.


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