Lamiaceae

Vitex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 638 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Ascension, Bahamas, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., El Salvador, Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oman, Texas

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

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.
  • de Kok, R. (2008). The genus Vitex (Labiatae) in the Flora Malesiana region, excluding New Guinea. Kew Bulletin 63: 17-40.
  • de Lima, C.T. & França, F. (2009). Flora da Bahia: Vitex Tour. ex L. Lamiaceae. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 9: 225-244.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Moldenke in Phytologia 5 & 6 (1955—58).
  • Pieper in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 62, Beibl. 141 (as "142"): 1—91 (1928)
  • —F.T.A. 5: 315

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62 , Beibl. 141 [‘142’]: 1–91 (1928).
  • Bothalia 26 : 141–151 (1996) [with full citations of the Moldenke series of papers on Vitex ].
  • Bredenkamp & Botha in Bothalia 26: 141–151 (1996) [with full citations of the Moldenke series of papers on Vitex].
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 50–68 (1992).
  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 285 (1754).
  • Harley et al. in Kadereit (ed.), Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. (Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VII: 195 (2004).
  • Kadereit (ed.), Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. (Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VII : 195 (2004).
  • Kew Bull. 56 : 189–207 (2001).
  • Moldenke in Phytologia 5 & 6 (1955–1958)*
  • Phytologia 5 & 6 (1955–1958)*
  • Pieper in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62, Beibl. 141 [‘142’]: 1–91 (1928).
  • Rev. Fl. Ceylon, ed. Dassanayake 4 : 348 (1983).
  • Rev. Fl. Ceylon, ed. Dassanayake 4: 348 (1983).
  • Sales in Kew Bull. 56: 189–207 (2001).
  • Sp. Pl.: 638 [‘938’](1753)
  • Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 50–68 (1992).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 285 (1754)
  • Moldenke in Phytologia 5–6 (1955–1958)
  • Pieper in E.J. 62, Beibl. 141 (‘142’): 1–91 (1928)
  • Sp. Pl.: 635 (1753)
  • in Rev. Fl. Ceylon 4: 348 (1983) (full generic synonymy)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Agnus-castus Tourn. ex Carrière, Rev. Hort. 42: 415 (1871).
  • Allasia Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 84 (1790).
  • Casarettoa Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 91 (1844).
  • Chrysomallum Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 8 (1806).
  • Ephialis Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 461 (1838).
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Limia Vand., Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.: 42 (1788).
  • Macrostegia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 218 (1847).
  • Mailelou Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 200 (1763).
  • Munir, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10(1): 31-80 (1987), reg. rev.
  • Neorapinia Moldenke, Phytologia 5: 225 (1955).
  • Nephrandra Willd., Cothen. Disp. Veg.: 8 (1790).
  • Pistaciovitex Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 442 (1903).
  • Psilogyne DC., Biblioth. Universelle Genève 17: 132 (1838).
  • Pyrostoma G.Mey., Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 219 (1818).
  • Rapinia Montrouz., Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Lett. 10: 243 (1860), nom. illeg.
  • Tripinna Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 391 (1790).
  • Tripinnaria Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 173 (1807), nom. superfl.
  • Varangevillea Baill., Hist. Pl. 11: 116 (1892).
  • Vitex L., Sp. Pl. 2: 638 (1753)
  • Wallrothia Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 317 (1821).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2005 Netherlands Indies Forestry Service [bb20284], Indonesia K000826668 No
Jan 1, 2004 J.C. [1667], Malaysia K000270329 No
Jan 1, 2004 Lütjeharms, W.J. [4655], Indonesia K000826664 No
Jan 1, 2004 Aban, G. [93016], Malaysia K000826832 No
Jan 1, 2004 J.C. [1667], Malaysia K000826662 No
Jan 1, 2004 Tanghilisan [120], Indonesia K000826833 No
Jan 1, 2003 Barbon [1807], Philippines K000183109 No
Jan 1, 2003 Gaerlan [10605], Philippines K000183110 No
Jan 1, 2003 Schlechter, R. [17762], Papua New Guinea K000183231 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3448], Philippines K000183108 No
Jan 1, 2003 Vidal, S. [3446], Philippines K000183107 No
Jan 1, 2003 Kanehira, R. [14138], Indonesia K000183104 No
Oct 1, 1951 Lanjouw, J. [2662], Suriname K001220280 Yes
17185.000 No
Du Puy, B. [MB158], Madagascar 57370.000 No
Harris, D.J. [973], Central African Republic 63388.000 No
Julius, A. [56284], Malaysia K000853643 No
Daly, D.C. [12206], Brazil K001220279 Yes
Andau, D. [1182], Malaysia K000705688 No
Rosário, C.S. [1924], Suriname K001220281 Yes
Soibeh, D. [790], Malaysia K000705689 No
Salleh, I. [15348] K000705690 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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