Verbenaceae

Priva Adans.

First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 505 (1763)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa to Myanmar, Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Socotra, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Yemen, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Galápagos, Gulf of Guinea Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Moldenke in Fedde Rep. 41: 1—76 (1936).
  • —F.T.A. 5: 285

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Atkins in Kadereit (ed.), Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. (Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VII: 464 (2004).
  • Bot. Helvetica 95 , 1: 33–45 (1985).
  • Fam. Pl. 2: 505 (1763).
  • Kadereit (ed.), Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. (Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VII : 464 (2004).
  • Moldenke in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 1–76 (1936).
  • R. Fernandes in Bot. Helvetica 95, 1: 33–45 (1985).
  • Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41 : 1–76 (1936).

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fam. Pl. 2: 505 (1763)
  • Moldenke in F.R. 41: 1–76 (1936)
  • R. Fernandes in Bot. Helv. 95: 33–45 (1985)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Guedes, M.L.; Stannard, B.; Atkins, S.; Saar, E.; Passos, L.; Funch, L. [PCD4625] Brazil K000014355 No
Jan 1, 1997 Bautista, H.P.; Hind, D.J.N.; Smith, S.; Harley, R. [PCD3454] Brazil K000944116 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Mattos Silva, L.A.; Hage, J.L.; dos Santos, E.B. [2682] Brazil K000013838 No
Jan 1, 1989 Gouveia, E.P. [5583] Brazil K000013835 No
Jan 1, 1989 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.L.; Cordeiro, I.; Kameyama, C. [24320] Brazil K000013827 No
Jan 1, 1984 Oliveira, E.L.P.G. [283] Brazil K000013834 No
Jan 1, 1981 Staviski, M.N.R.; Ataide, M.; Esteves, G.L.; Rocha, R.F. [792] Brazil K000013826 Yes
Aug 1, 1936 Swainson [s.n.] Brazil K000944118 Yes
Aug 1, 1936 Gardner [0] Brazil K000013837 Yes
Phillipson, P.B.; Milijaona, J.R. [3569] Madagascar K004865888 Yes
Gibert [62] Brazil K000944115 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Pott, A. [R6079] Brazil K000944117 Yes
Pereira, E.; Pabst, G. [9713] Brazil K000013829 Yes
Preston, T.A. [0] Brazil K000013825 Yes
Pettersson, B. [2259] Malawi K004865883 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17260] Brazil K000013832 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [16260] Brazil K000013831 No
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19403] Brazil K000013836 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [15016] Brazil K000013830 No
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [17260] Brazil K000013833 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7567] Nepal Tortula K001127490 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Tortula K001132636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7566] Nepal Tortula K001127489 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7565] Tortula K001127488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7568] Nepal Tortula K001127491 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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