Biology:Obtegomeria

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Obtegomeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Genus:	Obtegomeria Doroszenko & P.D.Cantino
Species:	O. caerulescens
Binomial name
Obtegomeria caerulescens (Benth.) Doroszenko & P.D.Cantino
Synonyms
Hedeoma caerulescens Benth. Calamintha caerulescens (Benth.) Wedd. Clinopodium caerulescens (Benth.) Kuntze Satureja caerulescens (Benth.) Epling Satureja lindeniana Briq.

Obtegomeria is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1998. It contains only one known species, Obtegomeria caerulescens, endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia.

External links

• photo of type specimen at Field Museum in Chicago

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