Verbenaceae
Verbena

Verbena supina L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 21 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & S. Europe to NW. India, Canary Islands to Ethiopia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Benin, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Senegal, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Western Sahara

Introduced into:

Alabama, Germany, Malaya, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hand, R. (ed.) (2015). Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45: 245-259.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • Nesom, G.L. (2010). A new species of Verbena (Verbenaceae) from Northeastern Mexico and an overview of the Verbena officinalis group. Phytoneuron 2010-13: 1-13.
  • 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

  • Berhaut Fl. Sén. 65.
  • F.T.A. 5: 286
  • Sp. Pl. 21 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2024). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378128808_ILLUSTRATED_FLORA_of_Albania_Update_101. epublication.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 12: 1-650. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schweinfurth, G. [878] Sudan K004299111 Yes
de Janka, V. [s.n.] Hungary K004298422 Yes
Willkomm, H.M. [[775]] Spain K004298417 Yes
[F. Kovaes] [s.n.] Hungary K004298420 Yes
De Heldreich [s.n.] K004298427 Yes
[Stalia] [s.n.] Croatia K004298426 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [2201] United Kingdom K004298430 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K004298429 Yes
Reverchon, E. [81] Spain K004298411 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece K004298428 Yes
[Kotschy] [265] Sudan K004299110 Yes
Todaro [396] Italy K004298412 Yes
[Tergtz] [s.n.] Hungary K004298425 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K004298410 Yes
Rostan, E. [s.n.] Italy K004298413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K004299113 Yes
Ellman, E.; Helmes, E. [209] Spain K004298406 Yes
Reverchon, E. [81] Spain K004298407 Yes
Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Cyprus K000759918 Type Yes
Dr. [Pfund] [180] Sudan K004299112 Yes
Kulikowski, E. [s.n.] Ukraine K004298421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K004298418 Yes
Lange, J. [s.n.] Spain K004298414 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K004298409 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hungary K004298419 Yes
Borbás [s.n.] Hungary K004298423 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K004298415 Yes
Ellman, E.; Helmes, E. [209] Spain K004298405 Yes
Kovács, F. [s.n.] Hungary K004298424 Yes
Bromfield (Dr) [39] Ethiopia K004299119 Yes
Welwitschii [s.n.] Portugal K004298416 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain K004298408 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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.
    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images