- Family:
- Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil.
Priva Adans.

[FTEA]
Verbenaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1992
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect or ascending mostly almost subscabrid pubescent perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or subopposite, simple, mostly ± toothed, sessile or petiolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences raceme-like or subspicate, terminal or axillary; bracts small; flowers ± small, arranged in a spirally alternate or pseudo-secund manner on the mostly elongate rhachis
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, with 4–5 mostly short equal or subequal teeth, persistent, enlarging and covering the fruit, usually contracted and ± beaked at the mouth
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white or coloured, ± irregular, funnel-shaped or hypocrateriform; tube cylindric, straight or slightly curved, widened at the throat; limb ± 2-lipped, with 5 unequal lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted near the middle of the tube, included; a minute staminode is sometimes present also
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 2(–4)-locular, with each locule 1–2-ovuled; style terminal, filiform, 2-lobed at apex with a longer curved or erect stigmatiferous lobe and a very minute tooth-like lobe; ovules basal, erect, anatropous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit eventually splitting into 2 1–2-locular subglobose cocci; pericarp hard, the dorsal surface echinate, scrobiculate or ridged, the inner excavated, flat or concave
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds without endosperm.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves mostly toothed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes or spikes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 4–5-toothed, persistent and covering the fruit, usually contracted and ± beaked above
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla-tube cylindric, widened at the throat; limb ± 2-lipped with 5 unequal lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, inserted near the middle of the tube, included
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2(–4)-celled, each cell with 1 or 2 basal ovules; style filiform; stigma unequally 2-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit finally splitting into 2 normally 2-celled and 2-seeded nutlets; fruit-wall hard, spiny, tuberculate or ridged on the back.
- Distribution
- Some 20 species in tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa and America.
[FZ]
Flora Zambesiaca. Vol 8, Pt 7. Avicenniaceae, R. Fernandes. Nesogenaceae, M.A. Diniz. Verbenaceae, R. Fernandes. Lamiaceae, R. Fernandes. 2005.
- Morphology General
- Perennial herbs with woody rootstocks, rarely with tuberous roots
- Morphology Stem
- Stem and branches 4-angled Stem and branches 4-angled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2-carpellate, each carpel 2-locular, each locule 1-ovulate; ovules anatropous, erect, attached laterally at or near the base; style terminal, filiform, subequalling the lower stamens, 2-lobed at the apex with a short, stigmatic anterior lobe and an acute horny sterile posterior tooth
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a schizocarp included within a persistent inflated calyx, separating at maturity into 2 bilocular mericarps (or mericarps 1-locular by abortion); mericarps with a dry and hard pericarp, linear or oblong, flat concave or deeply excavate on the commissural face, raised-reticulate or ribbed on the lateral faces, echinate or ridged on the dorsal face rarely smooth, glabrous, puberulous or shortly pubescent Fruit a schizocarp included within a persistent inflated calyx, separating at maturity into 2 bilocular mericarps (or mericarps 1-locular by abortion); mericarps with a dry and hard pericarp, linear or oblong, flat concave or deeply excavate on the commissural face, raised-reticulate or ribbed on the lateral faces, echinate or ridged on the dorsal face rarely smooth, glabrous, puberulous or shortly pubescent.
- Distribution
- A genus of about 20 species in tropical and subtropical America (Florida and Texas to Paraguay and West Indies), Asia (Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, etc.) and Africa. The c. 10 species occurring in Africa all belong to sect. Priva .
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs with woody rootstocks, rarely with tuberous roots.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or subopposite, usually decussate, simple, petiolate or sessile, crenate-serrate or serrate, sometimes laciniate or lobed at the base. Leaves opposite or subopposite, usually decussate, simple, petiolate or sessile, crenate-serrate or serrate, sometimes laciniate or lobed at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences usually of terminal or axillary spike-like racemes; bracts small. Inflorescences usually of terminal or axillary spike-like racemes; bracts small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers small, shortly pedicellate, spirally alternate or pseudo-secund on the mostly elongate rhachis, each solitary in the axil of a narrow bract. Flowers small, shortly pedicellate, spirally alternate or pseudo-secund on the mostly elongate rhachis, each solitary in the axil of a narrow bract
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed and slightly 5-plicate at anthesis, shortly and subequally 5-dentate or subtruncate and 5-denticulate at the apex, membranous, usually covered with hooked hairs intermixed with setae, becoming inflated about the fruit and ± narrowed and beaked at the mouth. Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed and slightly 5-plicate at anthesis, shortly and subequally 5-dentate or subtruncate and 5-denticulate at the apex, membranous, usually covered with hooked hairs intermixed with setae, becoming inflated about the fruit and ± narrowed and beaked at the mouth
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla hypocrateriform or funnel-shaped, usually white or sometimes blue, rose, red or purple; tube longer than the calyx, cylindric, straight or slightly curved, widened at the throat; limb oblique, c. 2-lipped, with the abaxial lip 3-lobed and the adaxial lip 2-lobed. Corolla hypocrateriform or funnel-shaped, usually white or sometimes blue, rose, red or purple; tube longer than the calyx, cylindric, straight or slightly curved, widened at the throat; limb oblique, c. 2-lipped, with the abaxial lip 3-lobed and the adaxial lip 2-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, included; filaments inserted about or above the middle of the corolla tube; anthers ovate or oblong, dorsifixed. Stamens 4, included; filaments inserted about or above the middle of the corolla tube; anthers ovate or oblong, dorsifixed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 2-carpellate, each carpel 2-locular, each locule 1-ovulate; ovules anatropous, erect, attached laterally at or near the base; style terminal, filiform, subequalling the lower stamens, 2-lobed at the apex with a short, stigmatic anterior lobe and an acute horny sterile posterior tooth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds without endosperm; cotyledons oblong, somewhat thick. Seeds without endosperm; cotyledons oblong, somewhat thick.
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, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, 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, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Galápagos, Gulf of Guinea Is.
- Priva adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov.
- Priva africana Moldenke
- Priva armata S.Watson
- Priva aspera Kunth
- Priva auricoccea A.Meeuse
- Priva bahiensis Schauer
- Priva boliviana Moldenke
- Priva cordifolia (L.f.) Druce
- Priva curtisiae Kobuski
- Priva domingensis Urb.
- Priva favargeri R.Fern.
- Priva flabelliformis (Moldenke) R.Fern.
- Priva grandiflora (Ortega) Moldenke
- Priva humbertii Moldenke
- Priva ibugana Rzed. & Calderón
- Priva laciniata Moldenke
- Priva lappulacea (L.) Pers.
- Priva mexicana (L.) Pers.
- Priva meyeri Jaub. & Spach
- Priva pedicellata Moldenke
- Priva peruviana Moldenke
- Priva portoricensis Urb.
- Priva socotrana Moldenke
Priva Adans. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Gibert [62], Brazil | K000944115 | Yes |
First published in Fam. Pl. 2: 505 (1763)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
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)
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Flora of Somalia
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