Cuminia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cuminia
Bird feeding on Cuminia eriantha flowers
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Cuminia
Species:	eriantha
Synonyms
Johowia Epling & Looser Skottsbergiella Epling Bystropogon erianthus Benth. Cuminia fernandezia Colla Skottsbergiella fernandezia (Colla) Epling Johowia fernandezia (Colla) Epling & Looser Cuminia brevidens Benth. Phytoxis acidissima Bertero ex Benth.

Cuminia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1835. It contains only one known species, Cuminia eriantha. It is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island, one of the Juan Fernández Islands in the southeast Pacific, off the coast of Chile and politically a part of that country.

Two varieties are recognized, regarded by some as distinct species:

1. Cuminia eriantha var. eriantha
2. Cuminia eriantha var. fernandezia (Colla) Harley

The species is listed as "critically endangered."

See also

In Spanish: Cuminia eriantha para niños