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Lesser roundweed (Hyptis brevipes)

Dlium Lesser roundweed (Hyptis brevipes)

Lesser roundweed (Hyptis brevipes) is a species of plant in the Lamiaceae, annual shrub, erect, up to 1 meter high, stems square, green, hairy, grows in forests, agricultural land, roadsides, waterways and wastelands.

H. brevipes has hairy leaves, sitting opposite, narrow ovate or lanceolate, 5-7 cm long, 2 cm wide, pointed at the base and tip, irregularly serrated edges, green with a main vein in the middle with several small pinnate veins.



The inflorescences are dense racemes, almost spherical, up to 14 mm in diameter, peduncles about 1 cm in the axil of the uppermost leaf. Corolla or petals are white, 5 lobes irregular and 5 mm long. The petals are 4 mm long, 5 lobes narrow and prickly.

Seeds are ovoid, 1 mm long, dark brown to black in color, indistinctly lined with prominent scars.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Subtribe: Hyptidinae
Genus: Hyptis Jacq. in Collectanea 1: 101 (1787)
Species: Hyptis brevipes Poit. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 465 (1806)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Mesosphaerum brevipes (Poit.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 525 (1891)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hyptis acuta Benth. in Linnaea 6: 82 (1881)
Hyptis brevipes var. glabrior Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 107 (1848)
Hyptis brevipes var. remotidens Briq. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 227 (1898)
Hyptis brevipes var. robusta Loes. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 573 (1899)
Hyptis brevipes var. serrata Briq. (1898)
Hyptis brevipes var. vulgaris Briq. (1898)
Hyptis melanosticta Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 488 (1862)
Hyptis radiata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 318 (1818)
Lasiocorys poggeana (Briq.) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 470 (1900)
Leucas globulifera Hassk. in Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 133 (1844)
Leucas poggeana Briq. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 193 (1894)
Mesosphaerum melanostictum (Griseb.) Kuntze (1891)
Pycnanthemum subulatum Blanco in Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 333 (1845)
Thymus biserratus Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 478 (1837)

PUBLICATIONS

Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.

Baker, R.E.D. in Williams, R.O. (1955). Labiatae. Flora of Trinidad and Tobago 2(6): 421-435. Government Printing Office, Port-of-Spain.

Bramley, G.L.C. & al. (eds.) in Ridley, H.N. (2022). Flora of the Malay Peninsula, ser. II, 9: 1-301. Authority of teh Government of the Straits Settlements.

Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.

Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Franck, A.R., Anderson, L.C., Burkhalter, J.R. & Dickman, S. (2016). Additions to the flora of Florida, U.S.A. (2010-2015). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 10: 175-190.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Harley, R.M. (2012). Checklist and key of genera and species of the Lamiaceae of the Brazilian Amazon. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 63: 129-144.

Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Iwatsuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1993). Flora of Japan IIIa: 1-482. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Khanam, M. & Hassan, M.A. (2008). Lamiaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 58: 1-161. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

National Parks Board Singapore (2006). Vascular Plant Life Checklist Pulau Ubin www.nparks.gov.sg/nparks_cms/cms/cmsmgr/data/6/PlantChkList.xls.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Nurtjahya, E. & al. (2026). Flowering Plants of Bangka Island: Native and Introduced. Acta Botanica Hungarica 68: 127-156.

O'Leary, N. (2015). Synopsis of subtribe Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae) in Argentina. Phytotaxa 233: 201-235.

Paul, T.K. & Kumar, A. (2012). Extended distribution of Hyptis brevipes Poit. in India. Indian Journal of Forestry 35: 101-102.

Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2004). A taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia. I. Introduction, Hyptidinae & Hanceolinae. Kew Bulletin 59: 337-378.

Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the vascular plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Vásquez, G.D. & Harley, R.M. (2004). Flora de Grão-Mogol, Minas Gerais: Labiatae. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 22: 193-204.

de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 短柄吊球草
Chinese (traditional): 短柄香苦草
English: Lesser roundweed
Indonesia: Genggeyan, Kaneja
Japanese: ナントウイガクサ
Java: Genggeyan, Godong puser
Malaysia: Sawi hutan, Sawi enggang, Ati-ati puteh
Minahasa: Tutumbalen
Portuguese: Fazendeiro, Cordão-de-frade-pequeno, Hortelã-brava
Sunda: Boborongan, Ki hileud
Thailand: แชทพระอินทร์ Chat pra in

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