''Capitanopsis brevilabra'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Lamiaceae The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

. It is an herb or shrub native to southeastern Madagascar. It flowers in March.

Range and habitat

''Capitanopsis brevilabra'' is found only in the Sainte Luce area in southeastern coastal Madagascar, where it grows in humid littoral forests between sea level and 50 meters elevation. The species has a restricted range, and is threatened with habitat loss from deforestation and mining. A portion of the species' range is in the

Ambato Atsinanana Ambato Atsinanana, also known as Ambatoatsinanana, is a protected area in Anosy Region of southeastern Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; frenc ...

protected area. The species' conservation status is assessed as

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Taxonomy

It was formerly treated as the only species, ''Dauphinea brevilabra'', in the genus ''Dauphinea''. A

phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

study in 2018 found that it was embedded in the genus ''

Capitanopsis ''Capitanopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1916. It contains six known species, all endemic to Madagascar. Taxonomy Phylogeny In 2019, Paton et al. published a summary cladogram for the subtribe Plectranth ...

'', and it was transferred to that genus.

References

Lamiaceae Endemic flora of Madagascar Plants described in 1983 Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests {{Lamiaceae-stub