Biology:Condea verticillata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Condea verticillata | |
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| Epitype of Condea verticillata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Condea |
| Species: | C. verticillata
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| Condea verticillata (Jacq.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastor 2012[2]
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Condea verticillata, commonly known as John Charles,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Mexico, Florida, Central America, the Caribbean, and northwestern South America.[2][4][5] It has also been introduced to Hawaii.[5]
John Charles is used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of conditions including coughs, colds, fever, tonsillitis, bronchitis, uterine fibroids, skin infections, and stomach ache.[3][6] The leaf and stem of the plant contain the lignan podophyllotoxin.[3]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130984/Hyptis_verticillata.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harley, R. M.; Pastore, J. F. B. (27 June 2012). "A generic revision and new combinations in the Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae), based on molecular and morphological evidence". Phytotaxa 58 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.58.1.1. https://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2012/f/pt00058p055.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Arvigo, Rosita; Balick, Michael (1993). Rainforest Remedies: One Hundred Healing Herbs of Belize (1st ed.). Lotus Press. p. 101. ISBN 0-914955-13-6.
- ↑ "Condea verticillata – Species Details". https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=494.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Condea verticillata (Jacq.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore" (in en). Kew Science. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77120819-1.
- ↑ Kuhnt, Michaela; Pröbstle, Andrea; Rimpler, Horst; Bauer, Rudolf; Heinrich, Michael (June 1995). "Biological and Pharmacological Activities and Further Constituents of Hyptis verticillata". Planta Medica 61 (3): 227–232. doi:10.1055/s-2006-958061. PMID 7617764.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q42734581 entry
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