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Hyptis maya, a new species of Lamiaceae from Belize, Central America, and the closely related H. lanceolata

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A new species of Lamiaceae from Belize: Hyptis maya is described and illustrated. It is closely related to the more widespread H. lanceolata Poir., with which it is compared.

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Acknowledgements

I should like to thank the Curator and staff of the Herbarium of the Natural History Museum London (BM), of the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (E), the Herbarium of the Field Museum, Chicago, USA and the Herbarium, National Museum, Copenhagen, (C) Denmark. My visit to the last is due to a generous grant from Synthesys. I should also like to thank Amy Pool, Missouri Botanical Garden, for kindly providing images of important collections, Margaret Tebbs for producing the excellent illustration, Lesley Walsingham for much help especially with plate digitisation and to the anonymous reviewers for their useful comments.

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  1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    Raymond M. Harley

  2. Post-graduate Programme in Botany, Depto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 03, BR116, Campus, Feira de Santana, 44031–460 , Bahia, Brazil

    Raymond M. Harley

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Harley, R.M. Hyptis maya, a new species of Lamiaceae from Belize, Central America, and the closely related H. lanceolata . Kew Bull 66, 171–174 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9256-1

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