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Verbenaceae
Verbena

Verbena Linnaeus. Common name: Verbena, Vervain.

Key to Verbena

A genus of about 70 species, herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of the New World and (rarely) Old World. Infrageneric taxonomy follows Nesom (2010b).

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Tribe: Verbeneae.

References: Atkins In Kadereit (2004); Barber (1982); Jiménez-Mejías & Naczi (2019); Nesom (2010b); Nesom (2010c); Nesom (2010d); O’Leary, Múlgara, & Morrone (2007); Verloove (2011); Yuan & Olmstead (2008). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Verbena hastata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Erik Danielson | Verbena stricta source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Verbena urticifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Tracie L. Jeffries | Verbena hastata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© greensophie, some rights reserved (CC BY) | Verbena incompta source | Original Image ⭷

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