Verbenaceae: Definition from Answers.com

Verbenaceae

Flowers, fruit and (right) leaves of a Lantana cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Verbenaceae Jaume Saint-Hilaire^[1]
Genera
About 35 (see text)
Synonyms
Durantaceae J.Agardh Petreaceae J.Agardh^[1]

Golden Dew Drops (Duranta erecta)

Frog fruit (Phyla nodiflora)

Verbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.^[2]

Contents

1 Genera
- 1.1 Excluded genera
2 References
3 External links

Recent phylogenetic studies^[3] have shown that numerous genera traditionally classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The new narrowly circumscribed Verbenaceae family includes some 35 genera and 1,200 species.^[4]^[5] The mangrove genus Avicennia, sometimes placed in Verbenaceae^[6] or in its own family, Avicenniaceae,^[7] has rather confidently been placed in Acanthaceae.^[4]

Economically important Verbenaceae include:

Lemon Verbena (Aloysia triphylla), grown for aroma or flavoring
Verbenas or vervains (Verbena), some used in herbalism, others grown in gardens

Genera

The genera in the new narrowly circumscribed family:^[8]

Acantholippia Griseb.
Aloysia Palau – beebrushes
Baillonia Bocq.
Bouchea Cham.
Burroughsia
Casselia Nees & Mart.
Chascanum E.Mey
Citharexylum L. – Fiddlewoods
Coelocarpum Balf.f.
Diostea Miers
Dipyrena Hook.
Duranta L.
Glandularia J.F.Gmel.
Hierobotana Briq.
Junellia Moldenke
Lampayo F.Phil. ex Murillo
Lantana L. – shrub verbenas, lantanas
Lippia L.
Mulguraea N.O’Leary & P.Peralta

Nashia Millsp.
Neosparton Griseb.
Parodianthus Tronc.
Petrea L. – sandpaper vines
Phyla Lour. – fogfruits
Pitraea Turcz.
Priva Adans.
Recordia Moldenke
Rehdera Moldenke
Rhaphithamnus Miers
Stachytarpheta Vahl
Stylodon Raf.
Tamonea Aubl.
Ubochea
Urbania
Verbena L. – verbenas/vervains
Verbenoxylum Tronc.
Xeroaloysia Tronc.
Xolocotzia Miranda

Excluded genera

Amasonia L.f. → Lamiaceae
Asepalum Marais → Orobanchaceae
Avicennia L. → Acanthaceae
Brachysola (F.Muell.) Rye → Lamiaceae
Callicarpa L. → Lamiaceae
Campylostachys Kunth → Stilbaceae
Caryopteris Bunge → Lamiaceae
Chloanthes R.Br. → Lamiaceae
Clerodendrum L. → Lamiaceae
Congea Roxb. → Lamiaceae
Cornutia L. → Lamiaceae
Cyanostegia Turcz. → Lamiaceae
Cyclocheilon Oliv. → Orobanchaceae
Dicrastylis J.Drumm. ex Harv. → Lamiaceae
Dimetra Kerr → Oleaceae
Discretitheca P.D.Cantino → Lamiaceae
Euthystachys A.DC. → Stilbaceae
Faradaya F.Muell. → Lamiaceae
Garrettia H.R.Fletcher → Lamiaceae
Glossocarya Wall. ex Griff. → Lamiaceae
Gmelina L. → Lamiaceae
Hemiphora (F.Muell.) F.Muell. → Lamiaceae
Holmskioldia Retz. → Lamiaceae
Hosea Ridl. → Lamiaceae
Hymenopyramis Wall. ex Griff. → Lamiaceae
Kalaharia Baill. → Lamiaceae
Karomia Dop → Lamiaceae
Lachnostachys Hook. → Lamiacae

Mallophora Endl. → Lamiaceae
Monochilus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. → Lamiaceae
Nesogenes A.DC. → Orobanchaceae
Newcastelia F.Muell. → Lamiaceae
Nyctanthes L. → Oleaceae
Oncinocalyx F.Muell. → Lamiaceae
Oxera Labill. → Lamiaceae
Peronema Jack → Lamiaceae
Petitia Jacq. → Lamiaceae
Petraeovitex Oliv. → Lamiaceae
Phryma L. → Phrymaceae
Physopsis Turcz. → Lamiaceae
Pityrodia R.Br. → Lamiaceae
Premna L. → Lamiaceae
Pseudocarpidium Millsp. → Lamiaceae
Pseudocaryopteris P.D.Cantino → Lamiaceae
Rotheca Raf. → Lamiaceae
Schnabelia Hand.-Mazz. → Lamiaceae
Spartothamnella Briq. → Lamiaceae
Sphenodesme Jack → Lamiaceae
Stilbe P.J.Bergius → Stilbaceae
Symphorema Roxb. → Lamiaceae
Tectona L.f. → Lamiaceae
Teijsmanniodendron Koord. → Lamiaceae
Teucridium Hook.f. → Lamiaceae
Thesmophora Rourke → Stilbaceae
Tripora P.D.Cantino → Lamiaceae
Vitex L. → Lamiaceae^[9]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Family: Verbenaceae J. St.-Hil., nom. cons.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-04-12. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?1176. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^ Stevens, P.F. (2001-): Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Verbenaceae. Version 9, June 2008.
^ Cantino, P.D., Harley, R.M. & Wagstaff, S.J. 1992. Genera of Labiatae: status and classification. Pp. 511-522. In Harley, R.M. & Reynolds, T. (eds) Advances in Labiate Science. Richmond, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ ^a ^b "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Lamiales". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/orders/lamialesweb.htm#Lamiales.
^ Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. 2007: Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. 1. Elsevier. p. 88. ISBN 9780444517845. http://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC.
^ Nelson, Gil (1994). The Trees of Florida: a Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press Inc. p. 52. ISBN 9781561640553. http://books.google.com/books?id=Wzmo7cHvhZkC.
^ "GRIN Genera of Verbenaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1176. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^ "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Verbenaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnothlist.pl?1176. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

External links

Verbenaceae of Mongolia in FloraGREIF

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