Botany

Flowering plant

Catoferia spicata (Benth.) Benth.

This plant specimen, pressed and dried on a herbarium sheet, was collected in Chiapas, Mexico in 1992 by A. Delgado S.. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family (flowering plant) and is preserved so scientists can study it for generations.

Chiapas, Mexico

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