Cuphea
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 Cuphea cyanea
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Cuphea is a genus of about 260 species of annual and perennial flowering plants native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species range from low-growing herbs to semi-woody shrubs up to 2 m tall.
Cuphea ignea 'David Verity' and Cuphea micropetalia are favorite hummingbird plants.
Some species of Cuphea are used to produce cuphea oil, of interest as sources of medium-chain triglycerides.
- Selected species
- Cuphea carthagenensis
- Cuphea cyanea
- Cuphea epilobiifolia
- Cuphea hookeriana
- Cuphea hyssopifolia ("Mexican False Heather")
- Cuphea ignea ("Cigar Plant")
- Cuphea jorullensis
- Cuphea koehneana
- Cuphea laminuligera
- Cuphea lanceolata
- Cuphea llavea ("Bat-faced Cuphea")
- Cuphea lutea
- Cuphea micropetala ("Cigar Plant")
- Cuphea painteri
- Cuphea procumbens
- Cuphea stigulosa
- Cuphea viscosissima
- Cuphea wrightii
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