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Mesosphaerum
Mesosphaerum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics. Two species, Mesosphaerum pectinatum and Mesosphaerum suaveolens, have been introduced to the Old World, with M. suaveolens found in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Wide Spikenard
speciesMesosphaerum suaveolens

Comb Bushmint
speciesMesosphaerum pectinatum

Mesosphaerum perbullatum
speciesMesosphaerum perbullatum

Mesosphaerum sidifolium
speciesMesosphaerum sidifolium

Mesosphaerum eriocephalum
speciesMesosphaerum eriocephalum

Mesosphaerum caatingense
speciesMesosphaerum caatingense

Mesosphaerum gymnocaulon
speciesMesosphaerum gymnocaulon
Mesosphaerum pilosum
speciesMesosphaerum pilosum
Mesosphaerum argutifolium
speciesMesosphaerum argutifolium
Mesosphaerum diversifolium
speciesMesosphaerum diversifolium
Mesosphaerum lachnosphaerium
speciesMesosphaerum lachnosphaerium
Mesosphaerum marrubiifolium
speciesMesosphaerum marrubiifolium
Mesosphaerum obtusatum
speciesMesosphaerum obtusatum
Mesosphaerum purdiei
speciesMesosphaerum purdiei
Mesosphaerum septentrionale
speciesMesosphaerum septentrionale
Mesosphaerum urticoides
speciesMesosphaerum urticoides
Mesosphaerum diffusum
speciesMesosphaerum diffusum
Mesosphaerum melissoides
speciesMesosphaerum melissoides
Mesosphaerum asperifolium
speciesMesosphaerum asperifolium
Mesosphaerum chacapoyense
speciesMesosphaerum chacapoyense
Mesosphaerum pseudoglaucum
speciesMesosphaerum pseudoglaucum
Mesosphaerum collinum
speciesMesosphaerum collinum
Mesosphaerum oblongifolium
speciesMesosphaerum oblongifolium
Mesosphaerum irwinii
speciesMesosphaerum irwinii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 576263.