Verbena L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 20 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Maine, Mali, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Senegal, Sicilia, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Angola, Azores, Borneo, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Cook Is., Easter Is., Fiji, Free State, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Oman, Pitcairn Is., Primorye, Réunion, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Swaziland, Sweden, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • O'Leary, N., Múlgura, M.E. & Morrone, O. (2010). Revisión taxonómica de las especies del género Verbena (Verbenaceae). II: serie Verbena. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97: 365-424.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 286.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Atkins Kadereit (ed.), Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. (Kubitzki, ed. chief) VII : 463 (2004).
  • Atkins in Kadereit (ed.), Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. (Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VII: 463 (2004).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 6–10 (1992).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 12 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 18 (1753)
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 6–10 (1992).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 12 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 18 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Cayola, L.; et al. [1348] Bolivia K000248360 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Huaylla, H. [1180] Bolivia K000248359 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [21367] Bolivia K001581215 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [17950] Bolivia K001765555 Yes
Parada, G.A.; Linneo, I; Inturias, Y.; Carreño, S.; Roth, C. [1279] Bolivia K001765556 Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K000759912 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luzmila Arroyo, P.; Carreño, S. Inturias, Y.; Roth, C.; Dávalos, J. [4428] Bolivia K001765548 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1183] Bolivia K000295025 Yes
Hassler, E. [8911] Paraguay K000899621 Isotype Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Lopez, R.; Rodriguez, N. [1215] Bolivia K000295062 Yes
Dec 1, 2008 Serrano, M. [6970] Bolivia Glandularia K000509774 No
Hassler, E. [3196] Paraguay Glandularia K000470729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Fokkink, S.; Viscarra, J. [1246] Bolivia Glandularia K000295268 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • 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

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0