''Capitanopsis'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1916. It contains six known species, all

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

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Taxonomy

Phylogeny

In 2019, Paton et al. published a summary cladogram for the subtribe Plectranthinae, based on an earlier 2018 study. The formerly recognized monotypic genera ''Dauphinea'', ''Madlabium'' and ''Perrierastrum'' were found to form a clade with three species placed in ''Capitanopsis'', so were transferred to that genus. ''Capitanopsis'' was a sister of the newly established genus ''

Equilabium ''Equilabium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It was split off from the genus '' Plectranthus'' in 2018 as the result of a molecular phylogenetic study. Most species are native to Africa, with two found in the Indian sub ...

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Species

Paton et al. (2018) recognize six species: * '' Capitanopsis albida'' (Baker) Hedge * '' Capitanopsis angustifolia'' (Moldenke) Capuron * '' Capitanopsis brevilabra'' (Hedge) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham, syn. ''Dauphinea brevilabra'' * '' Capitanopsis cloiselii'' S.Moore * ''

Capitanopsis magentea ''Capitanopsis magentea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to northern Madagascar. Description ''Capitanopsis magentea'' is a large shrub or small tree, which grows to 1.5 to 6 meters high. Range and habita ...

'' (Hedge) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham, syn. ''Madlabium magenteum'' * '' Capitanopsis oreophila'' (Guillaumin) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham, syns. ''Plectanthus bipinnatus'', ''Perrierastrum oreophilum''

References

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