Verbenaceae

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The Verbenaceae (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell), 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.<ref name="Stevens2001"/>

The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and 800 species.<ref name="Cardoso"/> Phylogenetic studies<ref name="Cantino"/> have shown that numerous genera traditionally classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The mangrove genus Avicennia, sometimes placed in the Verbenaceae<ref name="Elsevier"/> or in its own family, Avicenniaceae,<ref name="GilNelson"/> has been placed in the Acanthaceae.<ref name="APW"/>

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

TaxonomyEdit

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Golden dew drops (Duranta erecta)

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Frog fruit (Phyla nodiflora)

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Glandularia pulchella in Kerala

Tribes and genera in the family<ref name="Marx"/> and their estimated species numbers:<ref name="Cardoso"/> Template:Div col Casselieae (Schauer) Tronc.

Casselia Nees & Mart. - 6 species
Parodianthus Tronc. - 2 species
Tamonea Aubl. - 6 species

Citharexyleae Briq.

Citharexylum L. (fiddlewoods) - 60 species
Rehdera Moldenke - 3 species

Duranteae Bent.

Bouchea Cham. - 13 species
Chascanum E.Mey - 27 species
Duranta L. - 31 species
Recordia Moldenke - 2 species
Stachytarpheta Vahl - 120 species

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

Diostea Miers - 1 species
Lampayo Phil. ex Murillo - 3 species
Neosparton Griseb. - 3 species

Petreeae Briq.

Petrea L. (sandpaper vines) - 12 species

Priveae Briq.

Pitraea Turcz. - 1 species
Priva Adans. - 20 species

Verbeneae Dumort.

Glandularia J.F.Gmel. - 88 species
Hierobotana Briq. - 1 species
Junellia Moldenke - 38 species
Mulguraea N.O’Leary & P.Peralta - 11 species
Verbena L. (verbenas/vervains) - 57 species

Unassigned

Dipyrena Hook. - 1 species
Rhaphithamnus Miers - 2 species
Troncosoa N.O'Leary & P.Moroni - 1 species

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Excluded generaEdit

Various genera formerly included in the family Verbenaceae are now treated under other families:<ref name=GRINExcluded>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>