Phyla dulcis (syn. Lippia dulcis) is a species of perennial herbaceous plant that is native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is known by several common names, including Aztec sweet herb, bushy lippia, honeyherb, hierba dulce, and tzopelic-xihuitl (Nahuatl). Its buds are also sold as dushi or dulce (sweet in Papiamento and Spanish respectively) buttons.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Lippia dulcis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
🍽 Used in cooking💊 Medicinal use documented🌿 Sweetener🌿 Tea
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Lippia dulcis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL1★ITS3
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type498 records
Wild obs. + sensor44
Museum / vouchered453
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 064 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 10≤10 km 4>10 km 2
34 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor44
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy98% within 1 km
≤100 m 248≤1 km 11≤10 km 5
264 georeferenced · 189 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence453
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions27 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
115
Chapingo, MX
109
Saint Louis, US
59
Mexico City, MX
19
León, NI
11
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
11
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
9
UNESClocation not on record
8
Mérida, MX
7
Zacatecas, MX
7
Juriquilla, MX
6
UTPLlocation not on record
6
Bronx, US
6
Autlán de Navarro, MX
6
Criciúma, BR
6
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
6
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
5
Ciudad de México, MX
5
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
4
Chicago, US
4
Berlin, DE
4
Tapachula, MX
4
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
3
Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record
3
Mexico City, MX
2
UFAClocation not on record
2
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
2
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
Philadelphia, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Universidad de las Américas, Pueblalocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Miami, US
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
1
47 institutions · 451 of 453 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Lippia dulcis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility498 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗