Verbena Family
Verbenaceae
The Verbenaceae ( 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.
The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and 800 species. Phylogenetic studies have shown that numerous genera traditionally classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The mangrove genus Avicennia, sometimes placed in the Verbenaceae or in its own family, Avicenniaceae, has been placed in the Acanthaceae.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Lantaneae
tribeLantaneae
Verbeneae
tribeVerbeneae
Duranteae
tribeDuranteae
Petreeae
tribePetreeae
Citharexyleae
tribeCitharexyleae
Priveae
tribePriveae
Rhaphithamnus
genusRhaphithamnus
Neospartoneae
tribeNeospartoneae
Casselieae
tribeCasselieae
Dipyrena
genusDipyrena
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49194.