Verbenaceae
Citharexylum
L. [Not native]
Edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 24 October 2012
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- Citharexylum spinosum L.,
Sp. Pl. 2 (1753) 625. Native of America. Grown in the Philippines
for ornamental purposes. Photos
Congea
Roxb. [Not native]
- Congea velutina Wight, Icon.
Pl. Ind. Orient. 4 (1850) t. 1479/3. India, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia
to Java. An introduced ornamental in the Philippines. Photos
Duranta
L. [Not native]
- Duranta erecta L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 637. --Duranta repens L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 637; --Merr., Fl. Manila
(1912) 399; EPFP 3 (1923) 381. Native of tropical America. Widely grown
in the Philippines for ornamental purposes. Apparently not spontaneous.
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Lantana
L. [Not native]
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 6 July
2017
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- Lantana camara L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 627; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 398; EPFP 3 (1923) 380; --Yang et
al., Fl. Taiwan ed. 2, 4 (1998) 420. Probably native to the West Indies,
now widely distributed in the world’s tropics and subtropics. Invasive
species (CABI 2017). Photos
Lippia L. = Phyla
Petrea
L. [Not native]
- Petrea volubilis L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 626; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 400; EPFP 3 (1923) 381. Native of
tropical America. Cultivated in the Philippines for ornamental purposes
but nowhere spontaneous. Photos
Phyla
L.
Edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 5 November 2016
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- Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene,
Pittonia 4 (1899) 46; --Yang et al., Fl. Taiwan ed. 2, 4 (1998) 421;
--Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx., Fl. Bor. Am. 2 (1803) 15; --Merr., Fl.
Manila (1912) 398; EPFP 3 (1923) 381; --Verbena nodiflora L., Sp. Pl.
(1753) 20. Widely distributed in the warmer regions of the World.
- var. nodiflora.
Throughout the Philippines. Low and medium elevations, common weed
in open waste places. Photos
Priva
Adans. [Not native]
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 3 November
2017
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- Priva lappulacea (L.) Pers.,
Syn. Pl. 2 (1806) 139; --Verbena lappulacea L., Sp. Pl. (1753) 19.
Native to Americas. BOHOL. Possibly naturalized. Reported from photos by
Danilo Tandang. Photos
Stachytarpheta
Vahl [Not native]
Edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 27 August 2014
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- Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.)
Vahl,
Enum. Pl. 1 (1804) 208; --Verbena cayennensis Rich., Actes Soc.
Hist. Nat. Paris 1 (1792) 105. Native to the Americas, introduced in the
Philippines. Photos
- Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
(L.) Vahl, Enum. 1 (1804) 206; --Merr., Fl. Manila (1912) 399; EPFP 3
(1923) 381; --Yang et al., Fl. Taiwan ed. 2, 4 (1998) 424; --Verbena
jamaicensis L., Sp. Pl. 1 (1753) 19. Probably a native of tropical
America. Widely distributed in the warmer regions of the world. Photos
Verbena
L. [Not native]
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 10 October
2016
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- Verbena officinalis L., Sp.
Pl. (1753) 627; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 380; --Yang et al., Fl. Taiwan
ed. 2, 4 (1998) 425. Widely distributed in the temperate and subtropical
regions of the world. Introduced to the Philippines. LUZON: Cagayan,
Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya. Weedy in open waste places in and about towns to
an elevation of c. 800m.
- var. africana (R.Fern.
& Verdc.) Munir, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 20 (2002) 82; --Verbena
officinalis subsp. africana R.Fern. & Verdc., Bol. Soc. Brot.
II, 62 (1989) 305. Mediterranean and Africa to Australia,
Philippines.
- var. officinalis. Old
World, Philippines.
Literature
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BJ Conn. 2014. Taxonomic uncertainty of Stachytarpheta
(Verbenaceae) in the Asia-Pacific and implications for invasive weed
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De Kok, RPJ & DJ Mabberley. 1999. The genus Faradaya
Muell. F. (Labiatae). Blumea 44: 321-342.
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Kostermans, AJGH. 1951. Reinwardtia 1: 75-106.
Lam, HJ & RC Bakhuizen van den Brink. 1921. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique
du Buitenzorg ser. 3, 3: 1-116.
O'Leary, N & ME Múlgura. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyla
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& D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co's Digital Flora of the
Philippines. www.philippineplants.org
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Philippines
Last updated 18 November 2017