Aloysia
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Aloysia
| Aloysia | |
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| Lemon Verbena (A. citrodora) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
| Genus: | Aloysia Palau[1][2] |
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Aloysia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. The roughly 35 species of aromatic shrubs it contains are generally known as beebrushes, with the most well-known being Lemon Verbena (A. citrodora). The genus is named for Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), wife of King Charles IV of Spain.[3]
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Selected species
- Aloysia citrodora Palau – lemon verbena, lemon beebush (Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru)
- Aloysia dodsoniorum Moldenke (Ecuador)
- Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. – whitebush. A low shrub, it grows to 3 to 5 feet tall with a vase-like form. May be winter deciduous. The small purple, pink or white flowers are borne in apical clusters.[4]
- Aloysia lycioides Cham. – Sonoran beebush (moist canyons of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Sonora). A thickly branching shrub, it reaches 3 to 5 feet tall with a vase-like form. Given that the small round leaves are winter deciduous in USDA zone 9, it best for a background plant in the landscape. The small white flowers are borne in clusters on the tips of the branches.[5]
- Aloysia macrostachya (Torr.) Moldenke – Rio Grande beebush
- Aloysia scorodonioides (Kunth) Cham.
- Aloysia virgata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Native to Argentina. Upright habit, slightly weeping branches. Highly fragrant delicate white flower spikes. Attracts both butterflies and bees. [6]
- Aloysia wrightii A.Heller – oreganillo, Wright's beebush (Southwestern United States, Northern Mexico)[7][8]
Formerly placed here
- Mulguraea ligustrina (Lag.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta (as A. ligustrina (Lag.) Small)[7]
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- ^ "Genus: Aloysia Palau". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-06-29. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?447. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "Aloysia Palau". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameDetails.aspx?nameid=40010733. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC&.
- ^ Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, AZ.
- ^ Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, AZ.
- ^ Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, AZ.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Aloysia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?447. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
- ^ "Aloysia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32131. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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