Petitia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|name = Bastard stopper

|image = Petitia oleina.jpg

|image_caption = Petitia oleina (Mexico 28814),Photographed at Huntington Gardens (Los Angeles, California) in March

|taxon = Petitia

|authority = Jacq.

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|synonyms=Scleroon Benth. ex Lindl

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Petitia, called the bastard stopper,[http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1428 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants][http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PEDO US Department of Agriculture plant profile] is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1760. It contains two known species, native to Florida and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=150823 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Petitia%20domingensis.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map]

;Species

• Petitia domingensis Jacq. - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Miami-Dade County in Florida
• Petitia urbanii Ekman. - Cuba, Tortuga Island in Haiti