Cuminia

Cuminia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1835. It contains only one known species, Cuminia eriantha. It is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island, one of the Juan Fernández Islands in the southeast Pacific, off the coast of Chile and politically a part of that country.[2]

Cuminia
Bird feeding on Cuminia eriantha flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Cuminia
Colla
Species:
C. eriantha
Binomial name
Cuminia eriantha
(Benth.) Benth.
Synonyms[2]
  • Johowia Epling & Looser
  • Skottsbergiella Epling
  • Bystropogon erianthus Benth.
  • Cuminia fernandezia Colla
  • Skottsbergiella fernandezia (Colla) Epling
  • Johowia fernandezia (Colla) Epling & Looser
  • Cuminia brevidens Benth.
  • Phytoxis acidissima Bertero ex Benth.

Two varieties are recognized, regarded by some as distinct species:[2]

  1. Cuminia eriantha var. eriantha
  2. Cuminia eriantha var. fernandezia (Colla) Harley

The species is listed as "critically endangered."[1]

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Cuminia eriantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30460A9551864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30460A9551864.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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