Verbenaceae | |
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Flowers, fruit and leaves (on the right) of a Lantana cultivar | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: |
Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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The Verbenaceae ( /ˌvɜːrbəˈneɪsi.iː/ 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:
Tribes and genera in the family [8] and their estimated species numbers: [3]
Casselieae (Schauer) Tronc.
Citharexyleae Briq.
Duranteae Bent.
Lantaneae Endl.
Neospartoneae Olmstead & N.O'Leary
Petreeae Briq.
Priveae Briq.
Verbeneae Dumort.
Unassigned
Various genera formerly included in the family Verbenaceae are now treated under other families: [9]
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Verbenaceae | |
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Flowers, fruit and leaves (on the right) of a Lantana cultivar | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: |
Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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The Verbenaceae ( /ˌvɜːrbəˈneɪsi.iː/ 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:
Tribes and genera in the family [8] and their estimated species numbers: [3]
Casselieae (Schauer) Tronc.
Citharexyleae Briq.
Duranteae Bent.
Lantaneae Endl.
Neospartoneae Olmstead & N.O'Leary
Petreeae Briq.
Priveae Briq.
Verbeneae Dumort.
Unassigned
Various genera formerly included in the family Verbenaceae are now treated under other families: [9]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
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cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)