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OverviewAI-generated
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.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Plants of the World, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Viticoideae
- Image
- Vitex altissima L.f.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Vitex
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Vitex
- Commons category
- Vitex
- taxon common name
- 牡荆属
- taxonomic type
- Vitex agnus-castus
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