Abstract/Resumen ................................................ v
Acknowledgments ................................................ vi
Introduction .................................................... 1
Taxonomic History ............................................... 1
Materials and Methods ........................................... 2
Morphology ...................................................... 4
Habit and Growth Form ......................................... 4
Indument and Glands ........................................... 4
Axes .......................................................... 4
Leaves ........................................................ 4
Inflorescences ................................................ 8
Calyces ....................................................... 9
Corollas ...................................................... 9
Androecia ..................................................... 9
Gynoecia ..................................................... 10
Distribution and Biogeography .................................. 10
Ecology ........................................................ 11
Systematic Position ............................................ 11
Phylogeny ...................................................... 13
Ethnobotany and Pharmacology ................................... 13
Cytology ....................................................... 14
Taxonomic Treatment ............................................ 14
Key to the Species of Minthostachys .......................... 15
Clave para las especies de Minthostachys ..................... 16
Treatment of the Species ..................................... 18
Putative Hybrids ............................................... 65
Undetermined Specimens and Unresolved Problems ................. 67
List of Exsiccatae ............................................. 68
Literature Cited ............................................... 73
Index of Scientific Names ...................................... 75
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