{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox |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. |synonyms_ref=<ref name=u/> |synonyms=''Scleroon'' <small>Benth. ex Lindl</small> }}
'''''Petitia''''', called the '''bastard stopper''',<ref>[http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=1428 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants]</ref><ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=PEDO US Department of Agriculture plant profile]</ref> 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.<ref name=u>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=150823 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Petitia%20domingensis.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map]</ref>
;Species<ref name=u/> * ''Petitia domingensis'' <small>Jacq.</small> - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Miami-Dade County in Florida * ''Petitia urbanii'' <small>Ekman.</small> - Cuba, Tortuga Island in Haiti
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==External links== {{commonscat-inline|Petitia|''Petitia''}} {{Wikispecies-inline|Petitia|''Petitia''}}
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Category:Lamiaceae Category:Lamiaceae genera
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