The Verbenaceae or Verbena family has been considered to be closely related to the Lamiaceae (Labiatae), and the border between the two families has long been unclear but characters tying these two families together are apparently convergent.
Recent phylogenetic studies have shown several genera to be misplaced in Verbenaceae and these genera are being moved out of Verbenaceae into Lamiaceae.
In its wider circumscription, Verbenaceae is a family of mainly tropicalplants notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers.
Verbenaceae are shrubs or trees that may be recognised easily because the plants are often aromatic, the opposite leaves are serrate, the stem is often angled and with a line across the node, and the monosymmetric flowers are borne in racemes or heads.
Verbenaceae as currently circumscribed (see esp. Cantino 1992a, b) are much reduced compared to a decade or so ago, and many genera have been placed in Lamiaceae.
There may be differences in seed coat anatomy: the testa of at least some Verbenaceae has the hypodermal layer(s) thickened, while in Labiatae it is the exotestal cells that are thickened, particularly on their inner periclinal and anticlinal walls (Rohwer 1994a).
Verbenaceae in Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador @ efloras.org
La familia Verbenaceae consta de unos 100 géneros y unas 2600 especies de distribución cosmopolita, más abundantes en los trópicos.
Moldenke, H. A sixth summary of the Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Chloanthaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae, and Eriocaulaceae of the world as to valid taxa geographic distribution and synonymy.
The majority of the species are found in three of his families: Lamiaceae (3200), Verbenaceae (2600) and Boraginaceae (2000), with Lennoaceae (4-5) being a much smaller group.
As defined by Cronquist (1981), a distinction between Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae "is arbitrary and in part merely conventional" (p.
Resolution of the problems between the Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae was not accomplished in a vacuum.
As here defined, the Verbenaceae are restricted to only those taxa that constitute the family in a strict sense.
As here defined, the Lamiaceae include a significant portion of the Verbenaceae as circumscribed by Cronquist and all of the Viticaceae recognized by Takhtajan.
As noted under Verbenaceae, this is the one group that is subject to changing opinion.
Ovary basically 2-celled but typically appearing 4-celled due to the intrusion of false partitions (1-celled and ripening into an achene in Phryma, sometimes included within the Verbenaceae); style strictly terminal.
Modern taxonomists have transferred two-thirds (three former subfamilies) of the conventional Verbenaceae to the Lamiaceae sensu lato, leaving a very narrowly defined Verbenaceae.
Major differences between the Verbenaceae and the newly enlarged Lamiaceae include inflorescence structure and details of ovule attachment, pollen-wall anatomy and hair type.
Vitex rotundifolia (Verbenaceae) - HEAR species info(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An image of (or related to) Vitex rotundifolia (Verbenaceae) (pohinahina) is presented online as a copyright-free screen-sized image (600 pixels, maximum dimension) by Forest and Kim Starr (USGS).
An image of (or related to) Vitex rotundifolia (Verbenaceae) (pohinahina) is presented online as a copyright-free high-resolution image by Forest and Kim Starr (USGS).
The Global Compendium of Weeds* cites references to Vitex rotundifolia as a weed (*an early draft).
Clerodendrum inerme (Verbenaceae) - HEAR species info(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An image of (or related to) Clerodendrum inerme (Verbenaceae) (seaside clerodendrum) is presented online as a copyright-free screen-sized image (600 pixels, maximum dimension) by Forest and Kim Starr (USGS).
An image of (or related to) Clerodendrum inerme (Verbenaceae) (seaside clerodendrum) is presented online as a copyright-free high-resolution image by Forest and Kim Starr (USGS).
The Global Compendium of Weeds* cites references to Clerodendrum inerme as a weed (*an early draft).
Growing more than 3 m (10 feet) high in warm climates, it...
genus of plants in the family Verbenaceae that contains several species of garden flowers.
any of certain shrubs and trees, of the families Rhizophoraceae, Verbenaceae, Sonneratiaceae, and Arecaceae (Palmae), that grow in dense thickets or forests along tidal estuaries, in salt marshes,...
Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Verbenaceae) - HEAR species info(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Images of Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Verbenaceae) are presented online by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) (USDA/Forest Service).
The Global Compendium of Weeds* cites references to Stachytarpheta mutabilis as a weed (*an early draft).
Amazon.com: Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 17, Verbenaceae through: Books: Wu Zhenghi,Peter H. Raven,Various(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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