Aegiphila lhotskiana (orth. var. Aegiphila lhotskyana Cham.[1]) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.[2] It is native to South America, where it occurs in Bolivia and Brazil.[3] This species is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Aegiphila lhotskiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species:
A. lhotskiana
Binomial name
Aegiphila lhotskiana

A number of abietane diterpenes have been isolated from this plant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ (in Portuguese) Aegiphila lhotskyana. Flora Brasiliensis.
  2. ^ França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012). Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus Aegiphila Jacq. Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Neodiversity 6 1-14.
  3. ^ Aegiphila lhotskiana, distribution. Tropicos.
  4. ^ Costa-Lotufo, L. V., et al. (2004). Antiproliferative effects of abietane diterpenes from Aegiphila lhotzkyana. Planta Medica 70(2), 180-82.