Verbenaceae
Citharexylum
L. [Not native]
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January 2021
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- Citharexylum spinosum L.,
Sp. Pl. 2 (1753) 625. Native of America. MINDORO. Grown in
the Philippines for ornamental purposes. Naturalized. Photos
Congea
Roxb. [Not native]
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January 2021
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- Congea velutina
Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4 (1850) t. 1479/3. India,
Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia to Java. MINDANAO: Bukidnon. An
introduced ornamental in the Philippines. Naturalized in forest
edges. Photos
Duranta
L. [Not native]
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January 2021
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- 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. LUZON: Bataan, Camarines Sur, Quezon. Widely
grown in the Philippines for ornamental purposes. Naturalized. Photos
Lantana
L. [Not native]
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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 not naturalized. Photos
Phyla
L.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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
CABI Invasive Species Compendium
Chandler,
GT, JO Westaway & BJ Conn. 2014. Taxonomic uncertainty of Stachytarpheta (Verbenaceae)
in the Asia-Pacific and implications for invasive weed recognition
and management. Telopea 16: 83-88, 93
De Kok, RPJ & DJ Mabberley. 1999. The genus Faradaya (Labiatae). Blumea
44: 321-342
Kochummen, KM. 1978. Verbenaceae. Tree Flora of Malaya 3: 297-313.
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
(Verbenaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 578-596
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Digital Flora of the Philippines. www.philippineplants.org
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of the Philippines
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