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Petitia
Sign in to savePetitia, called the bastard stopper, is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1760. It contains two known species, native to Florida and the West Indies.
Species
Genus
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilySyllidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Syllidae
- Collections
- USNM, MICH, BRIT, VT, NHMUK, C
- Recorded in
- United States, Haiti, Bahamas
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- Parent taxon
- Viticoideae
- Image
- Petitia domingensis 209389649.jpg
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Petitia, called the bastard stopper, is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1760. It contains two known species, native to Florida and the West Indies. Species Petitia domingensis Jacq. - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Miami-Dade County in Florida Petitia urbanii Ekman. - Cuba, Tortuga Island in Haiti
==References==
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