Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 141. 1925.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Martinique, Saba, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Vieques], ], Bahamas (native), North America (FL, TX), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Aguardiente de españa (Cuba), Anís de españa (Cuba), Bush lippia (Bahamas), Colic mint (Jamaica), Cullen mint (Jamaica), Guinea mint (Jamaica), Hinojo de anís (Cuba), La vente (Dominican Republic), Lavente (Haiti), Margarite blanche (Haiti), Marguerite (Haiti), Marguerite des jardins (Haiti), Mélisse (Haiti), Menta (Cuba), Menta americana (Cuba), Poleo (Cuba), Quita dolor (Cuba), Salvia americana (Cuba), Sauge de Brésil (L. Antilles), Sauge de la Barbade (L. Antilles), Thé de Chine (L. Antilles), Torongil americano (Cuba), Torongil mentol (Cuba), Twa tas (L. Antilles), Yerba buena americana (Cuba),
Synonyms: Lantana alba Mill. (Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.), Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson f. intermedia Moldenke (Phytologia 50: 469. 1982.), Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson f. macrophylla Moldenke (Phytologia 50: 469. 1982.), Lippia geminata Kunth (in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 266. 1818.), Lippia geminata Kunth var. microphylla Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 495. 1862.), Lippia havanensis Turcz. (Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(2): 202. 1863.), Lippia lantanoides (L.) Coult. (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 328. 1892.),
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