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Common name

English: Gambian teabrush

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        Family: Verbenaceae (14)(family description)

          Genus: Lippia (1)

            Epithet: chevalieri Moldenke (1)

chevalieri => in honor of Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873-1956), French botanist, taxonomist and explorer

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow, white

External links

Check for Lippia chevalieri at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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