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Vitex
Sign in to saveVitex is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It has about 200–250 species; the Plants of the World Online database accepts 211 species. Common names include chaste tree or chastetree, traditionally referring to V. agnus-castus, but often applied to other species, as well, and pūriri for the New Zealand species V. lucens.
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Vitex is a genus within the plant kingdom, classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Lamiales. It belongs to the family Lamiaceae. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1753 and holds an accepted status. One species within this genus, Vitex pomerana, is native to Southeast Brazil.
Records for Vitex are held by various institutions, including CICY, INECOL, IBUNAM, ECOSUR, and FCN-UAQ. These records originate from Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia, the United States, and the Dominican Republic. The genus has 137,162 occurrence records and 1,074 associated publications. Additionally, 3,827 records and 2,074 media items are available through iDigBio.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
General: Forest domain; this pattern is not common for the genus Vitex Flower: Vitex pomerana was collected with flowers and fruits
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,827
- With media
- 2,074
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- CICY, INECOL, IBUNAM, ECOSUR, FCN-UAQ, GH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia, United States, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Tanzania, Philippines
Research
1,074 papers- Vitex agnus-castus extracts for female reproductive disorders: a systematic review of clinical trials.Planta medica · 2013
- Vitex agnus castus effects on hyperprolactinaemia.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023
- Vitex agnus-castus in premenstrual syndrome: A meta-analysis of double-blind randomised controlled trials.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2019
- Vitex Diterpenoids: Structural Diversity and Pharmacological Activity.Current pharmaceutical design · 2020
- Vitex agnus castus for premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2017
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Circumscription
- Selected species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Vitex is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It has about 200–250 species; the Plants of the World Online database accepts 211 species. Common names include chaste tree or chastetree, traditionally referring to V. agnus-castus, but often applied to other species, as well, and pūriri for the New Zealand species V. lucens.
Species of Vitex are native throughout the tropics and subtropics, with a few species in warm-temperate Eurasia and one in New Zealand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vitex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.