Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Metachlamydeae: Lamiales

Verbenaceae - Verbena family

Fernandes, R. (2005) Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7)

Verdcourt, B. (1992) Verbenaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa

Description of the family

Herbs, shrubs, trees or woody climbers, sometimes spiny, with often square stems. Stipules 0. Leaves usually opposite, sometimes whorled, rarely alternate, simple or dissected. Flowers mostly zygomorphic and 2-lipped, sometimes ± actinomorphic, usually 4-5-merous, usually bisexual. Calyx and corolla 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous. Disk usually present. Ovary superior, usually 2-locular, usually soon 4 (or more)-locular by development of false septa. Ovules 2 in each true loculus. Fruit a drupe with 2-4 pyrenes or dividing at maturity into 2 or 4 nutlets.

Worldwide: 41 genera and 950 species, occurring in the tropics, particularly South America, with a few temperate species.

Mozambique: 6 cultivated genera and 6 cultivated taxa.

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GenusContent
Citharexylum L.Description
Duranta L.Description
Petrea L.Description
Stachytarpheta VahlDescription
Tectona L.f.Description
Verbena L.Description

Other sources of information about Verbenaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Verbenaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Verbenaceae
Flora of Malawi: Verbenaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Verbenaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Verbenaceae
Flora of Zambia: Verbenaceae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Verbenaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Verbenaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Verbenaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Verbenaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Verbenaceae
Wikipedia: Verbenaceae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: Family page: Verbenaceae.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/family.php?family_id=231, retrieved 28 March 2023

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