Mesosphaerum suaveolens ( Linnaeus 1759: 1100 ) Kuntze (1891: 525)

Soares, Arthur De Souza, Pastore, José Floriano Barêa & Jardim, Jomar Gomes, 2017, New records, conservation assessments and distribution of Lamiaceae in Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern, Brazil, Phytotaxa 311 (1), pp. 43-56 : 51

11. Mesosphaerum suaveolens ( Linnaeus 1759: 1100) Kuntze (1891: 525) ( Figure 7E )

EOO: 48,058.704 km 2. AOO: 84.000 km 2. IUCN Assessment: Least Concern

Mesosphaerum suaveolens is distributed in the New and Old World tropics, and is found in Africa, the Americas and Asia ( Epling 1949). For Brazil, its had been recorded in the Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Pantanal, in every state in the country except Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina ( BFG 2015). In RN, it was recorded in areas of the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga, in restinga and semideciduous forests. It was registered in Parque Nacional da Furna Feia and Estação Ecológica do Seridó, which are conservation units in the state. Based on its extent of occurrence, this species was assessed as LC because it does not match any of the IUCN (2001) criteria.

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FIGURE 7. A. Aegiphila verticillata; B. Amasonia campestris; C. Eplingiella fruticosa, D. Hypenia salzmannii; E. Marsypianthes chamaedrys; F. Mesosphaerum suaveolens; G. Rhaphiodon echinus; H. Vitex gardneriana; I. Vitex rufescens. Photos: (A) E.O. Moura, (B, E, I) E.C. Tomaz, (C, D, F, G) A.S. Soares, (H) J.G. Jardim.