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Issue: Vol. 759 No. 1: 27 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.759.1.8
Page range: 91-100
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One mistake begets another: resolving at last the identity of Hyptis cretata (Hyptidinae, Lamiaceae)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre; Rio Grande do Sul; Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Centro de Biociências; Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução; Natal; Rio Grande do Norte; Brazil
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo; Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas; Litorâneo; São Mateus; Espírito Santo; Brazil
Herbário José Ângelo Rizzo (JAR); Universidade Estadual de Goiás; Quirinópolis; Goiás; Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Fungos; Algas e Plantas; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Trindade; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brazil; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Campus Curitibanos; Curitibanos; Santa Catarina; Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre; Rio Grande do Sul; Brazil
Eudicots Brazilian flora Cerrado Cyanocephalus Labiatae Ocimeae Taxonomy

Abstract

Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae) is a Neotropical subtribe, most diverse in Brazil, comprising approximately 400 species and currently undergoing rapid taxonomic progress. This study contributes to that progress through a revision of herbarium material combined with detailed morphological and nomenclatural analyses, clarifying the identity and systematic position of Cyanocephalus cretatus. The results confirm its reinstatement in Hyptis and the recognition of Hyptis albolanata as a heterotypic synonym. Morphological comparisons, taxonomic remarks, and an updated distribution map are provided.

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How to Cite

Buchoski, M.G., Soares, A.D.S., Antar, G.M., Morais, I.L.D., Pastore, J.F.B. & Miotto, S.T.S. (2026) One mistake begets another: resolving at last the identity of Hyptis cretata (Hyptidinae, Lamiaceae). Phytotaxa 759 (1): 91–100. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.759.1.8