Taxon:
Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J. F. B. Pastore
Summary
Place of publication:
Phytotaxa 58:9. 2012
Verified:
12/12/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Harley, R. M. & J. F. B. Pastore. 2012. A generic revision and new combinations in the Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae), based on molecular and morphological evidence. Phytotaxa 58:1-55. URL: http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/index.htm
Common names
English
black-sesame –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. in tropics |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Guinea, Nigeria (n.), Sierra Leone
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | as Hyptis spicigera | Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. |
Materials | essential oils | as Hyptis spicigera | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Weed | | | Harley, R. M. & J. F. B. Pastore. 2012. A generic revision and new combinations in the Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae), based on molecular and morphological evidence. Phytotaxa 58:1-55. URL: http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/index.htm |