Verbenaceae
Verbena

Verbena aristigera S.Moore

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 439 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Botswana, California, Free State, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Venezuela, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Glandularia aristigera.]

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Cabrera, Man. Fl. Alreded. Buenos Aires: 397 (1953).
  • Darwiniana 13 : 477, fig. 4 (1964).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 10 (1992).
  • J.H. Ross, Fl. Natal: 299 (1972).
  • Phytologia 11 , 4: 280 (1965)
  • Phytologia 8 : 189 (1952).
  • Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4 : 208 (1983).
  • op. cit. 16 : 208 (1968)
  • op. cit. 41 : 403 (1979).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae). Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • O'Leary, N. & Thode, V. (2016). The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in Brazil. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 101: 699-749.
  • Peralta, P.F. & Múlgura, M.E. (2011). El género Glandularia (Verbenaceae) en Argentina. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 358-412.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Moldenke in Phytologia 8: 189 (1962).
  • S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot., ser. 2, 4: 439 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2008 Huaylla, A. [2065] Bolivia Glandularia aristigera K000509775 Yes
Balansa, B. [1025] Paraguay Verbena tenuisecta K000470520 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

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