Lamiaceae
Vitex
Vitex negundo

Vitex negundo var. negundo

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is S. Somalia to Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean, Iran to Japan and Marianas. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Laccadive Is., Madagascar, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Qinghai, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bulgaria, Cuba, Florida, Haiti, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • Barger, T.W. & al. (2012). New and noteworthy records for the flora of Alabama. Castanea 77: 257-269.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. & al. (eds.) in Ridley, H.N. (2022). Flora of the Malay Peninsula, ser. II, 9: 1-301. Authority of teh Government of the Straits Settlements.
  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 4: 1-482. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • de Kok, R. (2008). The genus Vitex (Labiatae) in the Flora Malesiana region, excluding New Guinea. Kew Bulletin 63: 17-40.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 19, 2018 De Vries? [s.n.] Japan Vitex negundo var. cannabifolia K000939636 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1746] Nepal Vitex incisa K001114062 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1746] Vitex incisa K001114066 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1746] Vitex incisa K001114064 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1746] Malaysia Vitex incisa K001114063 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1746] Vitex incisa K001114067 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1746] Vitex incisa K001114065 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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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