{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Cunila_origanoides.jpg |image_caption = ''Cunila origanoides'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Cunila |authority = D.Royen ex L. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/> |synonyms = *''Mappia'' <small>Heist. ex Fabr rejected name</small> *''Hedyosmos'' <small>Mitch.</small> }}
'''''Cunila''''' is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1759. It is native to North and South America.<ref name=wcsp>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=52300 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Cunila%20origanoides.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map]</ref><ref>Xifreda, C.C. & Mallo, A.C. (2006). El género ''Cunila'' (Lamiaceae, Mentheae) en Argentina. Darwiniana 44: 298-308.</ref><ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.</ref>
;Species<ref name=wcsp/> *''Cunila angustifolia'' <small>Benth.</small> - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina *''Cunila crenata'' <small>García-Peña & Tenorio</small> - State of Durango in Mexico *''Cunila fasciculata'' <small>Benth.</small> - southern Brazil *''Cunila galioides'' <small>Benth.</small> - Brazil *''Cunila incana'' <small>Benth.</small> - southern Brazil, Argentina *''Cunila incisa'' <small>Benth.</small> - southern Brazil *''Cunila leucantha'' <small>Kunth ex Schltdl. & Cham.</small> - Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama) *''Cunila lythrifolia'' <small>Benth.</small> - central + southern Mexico *''Cunila menthiformis'' <small>Epling</small> - southern Brazil *''Cunila menthoides'' <small>Benth.</small> - Uruguay *''Cunila microcephala'' <small>Benth.</small> - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay *''Cunila origanoides'' <small>(L.) Britton</small> - central + eastern United States from Texas and Kansas east to New York and Georgia *''Cunila platyphylla'' <small>Epling</small> - southern Brazil *''Cunila polyantha'' <small>Benth.</small> - Mexico (from Zacatecas and Jalisco south to Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Panama) *''Cunila pycnantha'' <small>B.L.Rob. & Greenm.</small> - Mexico (from Sinaloa and Durango south to Chiapas) *''Cunila ramamoorthiana'' <small>M.R.Garcia-Pena</small> - Mexico (Guerrero) *''Cunila spicata'' <small>Benth</small>. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay *''Cunila tenuifolia'' <small>Epling</small> - southern Brazil
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Category:Lamiaceae Category:Lamiaceae genera