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Verbena

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Also known as vervain

Verbena (), also known as vervain or (in obsolete spelling) verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas and Asia; however, Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is the type species and native to Europe.

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Verbena is a genus of plants within the family Verbenaceae. It belongs to the order Lamiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon.

Records for this genus are held by various institutions, including IBUNAM, ECOSUR, GH, FCB-BUAP, and FCF-UANL, with specific data associated with Mexico. The genus has 558,449 occurrence records and 3,472 records in the iDigBio database, which includes 1,817 media files. Additionally, there are 387 related entries in PubMed.

Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Verbena

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyVerbenaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria
Observations recorded558,449

General: , with the exception of Verbena officinalis subsp. africana , are all

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,472
With media
1,817
Family
Verbenaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, ECOSUR, GH, FCB-BUAP, FCF-UANL, FC-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Naming
  • Description
  • Cultivation
  • Pests and diseases
  • Uses
  • In culture
  • Species
  • Gallery
  • References
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Verbena (), also known as vervain or (in obsolete spelling) verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas and Asia; however, Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is the type species and native to Europe.

==Naming== In English, the name Verbena is usually used in the United States and the United Kingdom; elsewhere, the terms verveine or vervain are in use.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Verbena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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