Hesperozygis
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image_caption = Hesperozygis dimidiata
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|authority = Epling
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Hesperozygis is a genus of shrubs or subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae.{{cite web|title=Hesperozygis|work=The Plant List|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Lamiaceae/Hesperozygis|access-date=23 March 2014}} The species are all endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil.{{cite web |title=Hesperozygis |url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/jabot/floradobrasil/FB8156 |website=Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil |publisher=Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro |access-date=10 April 2021}}
Species
- Hesperozygis dimidiata Epling & Mathias
- Hesperozygis kleinii Epling & Játiva
- Hesperozygis myrtoides (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Epling
- Hesperozygis nitida (Benth.) Epling
- Hesperozygis rhododon Epling
- Hesperozygis ringens (Benth.) Epling
- Hesperozygis spathulata Epling
Cultivation
Several hybrids are in cultivation. Hesperozygis hybrida×Satureja hybrida{{USPTO Application|docnum=20160353630 |title=Hesperozygis plant named 'HES040302' }} as Hesperozygis 'Sunrise Mojito' and Hesperozygis kleinii×(H. myrtoides×H. dimidiata){{USPTO Application|docnum=20160353631 |title=Hesperozygis plant named 'HES060101' }} as Hesperozygis 'Midnight Mojito'.{{cite web |title=The Supermint series |url=https://www.greenhousemag.com/article/spring-trials-2014-supermint/ |website=Greenhouse Management |access-date=10 April 2021 |language=en}}