Biology:Verbenaceae

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Short description: Family of flowering plants comprising vervains

Verbenaceae
Lantana.jpg
Flowers, fruit and leaves (on the right) of a Lantana cultivar
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
J.St.-Hil.
Synonyms[1]
  • Durantaceae J.Agardh
  • Petreaceae J.Agardh

The Verbenaceae (/ˌvɜːrbəˈnsi./ VUR-bə-NAY-see-ee), 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]

The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and 800 species.[3] Phylogenetic studies[4] have shown that numerous genera traditionally classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The mangrove genus Avicennia, sometimes placed in the Verbenaceae[5] or in its own family, Avicenniaceae,[6] has been placed in the Acanthaceae.[7]

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

Taxonomy

Golden dew drops (Duranta erecta)
Frog fruit (Phyla nodiflora)

Tribes and genera in the family[8] and their estimated species numbers:[3]

Casselieae (Schauer) Tronc.

Citharexyleae Briq.

Duranteae Bent.

Lantaneae Endl.

  • Aloysia Palau (beebrushes) - 36 species
  • Burroughsia Moldenke - 2 species
  • Coelocarpum Balf.f. - 6 species
  • Diphyllocalyx (Griseb.) Greuter & R.Rankin - 6 species
  • Isidroa Greuter & R.Rankin - 1 species
  • Lantana L. (shrub verbenas, lantanas) - 100 species
  • Lippia L. - 140 species
  • Nashia Millsp. - 1 species
  • Phyla Lour. (frogfruits) - 5 species

Neospartoneae Olmstead & N.O'Leary

Petreeae Briq.

  • Petrea L. (sandpaper vines) - 12 species

Priveae Briq.

Verbeneae Dumort.

Unassigned


Excluded genera

Various genera formerly included in the family Verbenaceae are now treated under other families:[9]

Moved to Acanthaceae
Moved to Lamiaceae


Moved to Oleaceae
Moved to Orobanchaceae


Moved to Phrymaceae
Moved to Stilbaceae


References

  1. "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. 
  2. Stevens, P. F. (July 12, 2012). "Verbenaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APWeb/orders/Lamialesweb.htm#Verbenaceae. Retrieved September 24, 2013. 
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Cardoso PH, O'Leary N, Olmstead RG, Moroni P, Thode VA (2021). "An update of the Verbenaceae genera and species number". Plant Ecology and Evolution 154 (1): 80–86. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2021.1821. 
  4. 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.
  5. Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. 1. Elsevier. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC. 
  6. Nelson, Gil (1994). The Trees of Florida: a Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-56164-055-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wzmo7cHvhZkC. 
  7. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website - Lamiales". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/orders/lamialesweb.htm#Lamiales. 
  8. Marx H, O’Leary N, Yuan Y, Lu-Irving P, Tank DC, Múlgura ME, Olmstead, RG (2010). "A molecular phylogeny and classification of Verbenaceae". American Journal of Botany 97 (10): 1647–1663. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000144. PMID 21616800. 
  9. "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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q156960 entry