Hesperozygis | |
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Hesperozygis dimidiata | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Subfamily: | Nepetoideae |
Tribe: | Mentheae |
Genus: |
Hesperozygis Epling |
Hesperozygis is a genus of shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. [1] The species are all endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil. [2]
Several hybrids are in cultivation. Hesperozygis hybrida×Satureja hybrida [3] as Hesperozygis 'Sunrise Mojito' and Hesperozygis kleinii×(H. myrtoides×H. dimidiata) [4] as Hesperozygis 'Midnight Mojito'. [5]