Mesosphaerum

{{short description|Genus of Lamiaceae plants}}

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|image=Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze (416827178).jpg

|image_caption=Mesosphaerum suaveolens

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|taxon=Mesosphaerum

|authority=P.BrowneCiv. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 257 (1756)

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision=See text

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• Brotera Spreng.
• Gnoteris Raf.
• Schaueria Hassk.

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Mesosphaerum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics. Two species, Mesosphaerum pectinatum and Mesosphaerum suaveolens, have been introduced to the Old World, with M.{{nbsp}}suaveolens found in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158242-2 |title=Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 December 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158297-2 |title=Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 December 2020 }}