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 Russia, 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 Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, 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 Russia, 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
Ruiz, A. [749] Argentina K004500875 Yes
Luzmila Arroyo, P.; Carreño, S. Inturias, Y.; Roth, C.; Dávalos, J. [4428] Bolivia K001765548 Yes
Parada, G.A.; Linneo, I; Inturias, Y.; Carreño, S.; Roth, C. [1279] Bolivia K001765556 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [17950] Bolivia K001765555 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [21367] Bolivia K001581215 Yes
Schulz [147] Argentina K004500865 Yes
Montes, J.E. [1825] Argentina K004500851 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1183] Bolivia K000295025 Yes
s.coll. [19] Argentina K004500854 Yes
Morel, J. [789] Argentina K004500884 Yes
[Bertoloni] [1970] Argentina K004500871 Yes
Pastore, F. [2038] Argentina K004500858 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [2035] Argentina K004500872 Yes
[S.L. Ehuay] [2039] Argentina K004500861 Yes
Nuttall [s.n.] United States K000759912 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pastore, F. [2035] Argentina K004500870 Yes
Morel, I. [479] Argentina K004500859 Yes
Cuezzo, A.R. [717] Argentina K004500882 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [2478] Paraguay K004500184 Yes
Graham Kerr, J. [50] Paraguay K004500181 Yes
Ruiz, A. [749] Argentina K004500876 Yes
Schulz, C.C. [784] Argentina K004500881 Yes
Sanzín, R. [464] Argentina K004500887 Yes
[E. Augusti] [23520] Argentina K004500874 Yes
Schulz [143] Argentina K004500864 Yes
Robinson, G.W. [s.n.] Chile K004500850 Yes
Schulz [141] Argentina K004500880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uruguay K004500857 Yes
Hunziker, J.H. [1712] Argentina K004500862 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] K004500856 Yes
Ruiz, A. [894] Argentina K004500877 Yes
Hollermayer, A. [s.n.] Chile K004500852 Yes
[Zotta] [29/522] Argentina K004500868 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Lopez, R.; Rodriguez, N. [1215] Bolivia K000295062 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [1979] Argentina K004500860 Yes
Rojas, E. [12524] Argentina K004500878 Yes
Hassler, E. [8911] Paraguay K000899621 Isotype Yes
Hassler [2478] Paraguay K004500180 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [4031] Paraguay K004500182 Yes
Moseley [s.n.] Argentina K004500853 Yes
Ragonese [66] Argentina K004500888 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [2478a] Paraguay K004500183 Yes
Jorgensen, P. [2469] Argentina K004500866 Yes
Johnston, I.M. [5769] Chile K004500849 Yes
Elliott, C. [269] Chile K004500848 Yes
Krapovickas, A. [1990] Argentina K004500863 Yes
[Gez] [31/284] Argentina K004500885 Yes
Ruiz, A. [759] Argentina K004500869 Yes
Schulz [140] Argentina K004500879 Yes
Pierotti, S.A. [4253] Argentina K004500883 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [2021] Argentina K004500873 Yes
Hauman, L.L. [23542] Argentina K004500889 Yes
Hauman, L.L. [23680] Argentina K004500886 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Reitz, P.R. [10177] Brazil K004500125 Yes
[Yepes] [29/89] Argentina K004500867 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J.; Beetle, A.A.; Grondona, E. [24560] Argentina K004500855 Yes
Macrae [s.n.] Chile K004500847 Yes
Dec 1, 2008 Serrano, M. [6970] Bolivia Glandularia K000509774 No
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Fokkink, S.; Viscarra, J. [1246] Bolivia Glandularia K000295268 Yes
Hassler, E. [3196] Paraguay Glandularia K000470729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vanni, R.; Schinini, A. [3056] Argentina Glandularia K004501512 Yes
Wilczek, E. [46] Argentina Glandularia K004501515 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Glandularia K004501509 Yes
Ferrucci, S.; Cabral, E.; Schinini, A.; Vanni, R. [595] Argentina Glandularia K004501511 Yes
{Harley, R.M.; Klitgaard, B.; Mass, P.J.M.; B. ter Welle} [28002] Argentina Glandularia K004501514 Yes
Chiapella, J.; Vitek, E. [2374] Argentina Glandularia K004501518 Yes
Cabrera, A.L. [12565] Chile Glandularia K004501510 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Glandularia K004501517 Yes
Wasshausen, D.C.; Ezcurra, C.; Saravia Toledo, C. [1929] Argentina Glandularia K004501516 Yes
Burkart, A. [20846] Argentina Glandularia K004501513 Yes
Henrickson [23723] Mexico Burseria K001925035 No

Sources

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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
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