Code
HPYLA
Growth form
Broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual / Perennial
Habitat
Terrestrial / Marshland
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Hyptis globifera G.Mey. |
| synonym | Hyptis lanceifolia Thonn. |
| synonym | Mesosphaerum lanceolatum (Poir.) Kuntze |
🗒 Common Names
| Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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📚 Overview
Description
Global description
Hyptis lanceolata is an annual to perennial herbaceous plant, erect and branched, that grows up to 2 m tall. The leaves are simple, opposite decussate with lanceolate and narrow limb. They spread widely along the quadrangular stem. The white flowers are clustered in dense globular glomeruli located in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a nutlet of dark brown color.
General habit
Aromatic herbaceous plant, annual to perennial, branched, upright, up to 2 m tall.
Underground system
Taproot.
Stem
The stem is of quadrangular section, pubescent or puberulent, it reaches 2 m in height. It is branched, with branches with appressed pubescence. Its base part is bare, without branches.
Leaf
Leaves are simple, opposite decussate, horizontally spread. They are 5 to 15 cm long and 0.8 to 3.5 cm wide. The petiole is short, very little marked. The blade is lanceolate, with a narrow base and pointed apex, more rarely obtuse. Its margin is crenate toothed with short teeth. It is hairless except on the veins and punctuated with glands on the underside.
Inflorescence
The flowers are grouped into dense globular glomeruli 9 to 16 mm in diameter. These glomeruli are pedunculated, axillary, opposite 2 to 2 or 4 arranged in a cross. Each glomerulus consists of numerous oval to lanceolate bracts, sharp, ciliate and many small flowers.
Flower
The flower consists of a calyx reduced to a tube 4 to 5 mm long, terminated by seated teeth, rigid and curved, a little thorny and a little visible corolla, white with pale purple markings on the lobe .
Fruit
The fruit is an ellipsoid nucule a little compressed, 1 mm long. It is smooth, dark brown in color.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
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West Indies: Hyptis lanceolata is flowering all around the year, mainly from November to March.
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Ecology
Hyptis lanceolata is found in damp places. It is a weed of open fallow, in wet areas and wastelands. It is also present in lowland ricefields, ponds, drains and swamps.
West Indies: Species present in clearings, savannas, at the edge of roads in the upper part of the hygrophilous forest and in transition forest, from 600 to 1100 m of altitude.
French Guiana: Species very present in Mana rice schemes, on the dykes and along the canals. It is also common in forest edges and savannah areas. It is a common weed in orchards with permanent plant cover .
Senegal: A frequent plant in humid places, swamps, gallery forests throughout Senegal.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Origin
Hyptis lanceolata is native to South America (North West of the continent)
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced to West Africa, Central Africa and East Africa.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Local harmfulness
Benin: Hyptis lanceolata is frequent and scanty.
Burkina Faso: rare and scanty.
Ivory Coast: rare and scanty.
French Guiana: Frequent bordering rice field. Present in nearly 40% of orchard plots, especially those with a permanent and regularly abundant vegetal cover (average score of 3)
Nigeria: frequent and generally abundant.
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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References
- Berhaut, J. 1975. Flore illustrée du Sénégal. Tome IV. Dakar, Sénégal, Clairafrique.
- Johnson, D.E. 1997. Les adventices en riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest. ADRAO/WARDA, Bouaké, Côte-d'Ivoire.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M., Keay, R.W.J., Hepper, F.N. 1963. Flora of west tropical africa. The Whitefriars Press, London & Tonbridge, Great Britain.
- Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Cirad, Gondwana éditions, Montpellier, France.
- Grard, P., T. Le Bourgeois, J. Rodenburg, P. Marnotte, A. Carrara, R. Irakiza, D. Makokha, G. kyalo, K. Aloys, K. Iswaria, N. Nguyen and G. Tzelepoglou 2012. AFROweeds V.1.0: African weeds of rice Montpellier, France & Cotonou, Bénin, Cirad-AfricaRice eds
- Le Bourgeois, T. (2018). Analyse des enherbements des cultures maraichères et fruitières de Guyane, 23 septembre - 5 octobre 2018. Montpellier, France, Cirad: 56
- Marnotte, P. and A. Carrara. (2007). "Plantes des rizières de Guyane." from http://plantes-rizieres-guyane.cirad.fr/.
- Berton, A. (2020). Flore spontanée des cultures maraichères et fruitières de Guyane. Guide de reconnaissance des 140 adventices les plus communes des parcelles cultivées. Cayenne, Guyane, FREDON Guyane: 186.https://portal.wiktrop.org/document/show/173
Information Listing > References
- Berhaut, J. 1975. Flore illustrée du Sénégal. Tome IV. Dakar, Sénégal, Clairafrique.
- Johnson, D.E. 1997. Les adventices en riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest. ADRAO/WARDA, Bouaké, Côte-d'Ivoire.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M., Keay, R.W.J., Hepper, F.N. 1963. Flora of west tropical africa. The Whitefriars Press, London & Tonbridge, Great Britain.
- Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Cirad, Gondwana éditions, Montpellier, France.
- Grard, P., T. Le Bourgeois, J. Rodenburg, P. Marnotte, A. Carrara, R. Irakiza, D. Makokha, G. kyalo, K. Aloys, K. Iswaria, N. Nguyen and G. Tzelepoglou 2012. AFROweeds V.1.0: African weeds of rice Montpellier, France & Cotonou, Bénin, Cirad-AfricaRice eds
- Le Bourgeois, T. (2018). Analyse des enherbements des cultures maraichères et fruitières de Guyane, 23 septembre - 5 octobre 2018. Montpellier, France, Cirad: 56
- Marnotte, P. and A. Carrara. (2007). "Plantes des rizières de Guyane." from http://plantes-rizieres-guyane.cirad.fr/.
- Berton, A. (2020). Flore spontanée des cultures maraichères et fruitières de Guyane. Guide de reconnaissance des 140 adventices les plus communes des parcelles cultivées. Cayenne, Guyane, FREDON Guyane: 186.https://portal.wiktrop.org/document/show/173
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Hyptis |
| Species | Hyptis lanceolata Poir. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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