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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Verbena Family
| image = Verbena Purple 1.JPG
| image_caption = Purple Verbena
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = '''Verbenaceae'''
| familia_authority = Jaume Saint-Hilaire
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
About 90, including:<br/>
''[[Aloysia]]''<br/>
''[[Amasonia]]''<br/>
''[[Avicennia]]''<br/>
''[[Beautyberry|Callicarpa]]''<br/>
''[[Caryopteris]]''<br/>
''[[Citharexylum]] (Fiddlewood)''<br/>
''[[Clerodendrum]]''<br/>
''[[Coleonema]]''<br/>
''[[Congea]]''<br/>
''[[Cornutia]]''<br/>
''[[Diostea]]''<br/>
''[[Duranta]]''<br/>
''[[Garrettia]]''<br/>
''[[Gmelina]]''<br/>
''[[Holmskioldia]]''<br/>
''[[Hymenopyramis]]''<br/>
''[[Lantana]]''<br/>
''[[Lippia]]''<br/>
''[[Nashia]]''<br/>
''[[Oxera]]''<br/>
''[[Petrea]]''<br/>
''[[Phyla (genus)|Phyla]]''<br/>
''[[Premna]]''<br/>
''[[Rhaphithamnus]]''<br/>
''[[Schnabelia]]''<br/>
''[[Sphenodesme]]''<br/>
''[[Stachytarpheta]]''<br/>
''[[Symphorema]]''<br/>
''[[Teak|Tectona]]''<br/>
''[[Tsoongia]]''<br/>
''[[Verbena]]''
}}
The '''Verbenaceae''' or Verbena family has been considered to be closely related to the [[Lamiaceae]] (Labiatae or mint family), and the border between the two families has long been unclear but characters tying these two families together are apparently convergent. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown several genera to be misplaced in Verbenaceae and these genera are being moved out of Verbenaceae into Lamiaceae. ''[[Avicennia]]'', sometimes placed in Verbenaceae or in its own family, Avicenniaceae, has been placed in [[Acanthaceae]]. Meanwhile core Verbenaceae have proven to be more closely related to other members of the Lamiales s.l. than to Lamiaceae.
In its wider circumscription, Verbenaceae is a family of mainly [[tropical]] [[plant]]s notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small [[flower]]s. The family includes about 90 genera and nearly 2,000 species of [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s and [[herb]]s.
Economically important genera include:
*[[Beautyberry]] ''Callicarpa'' species, cultivated in gardens
*[[Lemon verbena]] ''Aloysia triphylla'', grown for aroma or flavoring
*[[Teak]] ''Tectona'' species, grown for lumber
*[[Verbena]] or Vervain ''Verbena'' species, with [[galactagogue|medicinal]] uses
{{commonscat|Verbenaceae}}
[[Category:Lamiales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Verbenaceae| ]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Verbena Family
| image = Verbena Purple 1.JPG
| image_caption = Purple Verbena
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = '''Verbenaceae'''
| familia_authority = Jaume Saint-Hilaire
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
About 90, including:<br/>
''[[Aloysia]]''<br/>
''[[Amasonia]]''<br/>
''[[Avicennia]]''<br/>
''[[Beautyberry|Callicarpa]]''<br/>
''[[Caryopteris]]''<br/>
''[[Citharexylum]] (Fiddlewood)''<br/>
''[[Clerodendrum]]''<br/>
''[[Coleonema]]''<br/>
''[[Congea]]''<br/>
''[[Cornutia]]''<br/>
''[[Diostea]]''<br/>
''[[Duranta]]''<br/>
''[[Garrettia]]''<br/>
''[[Gmelina]]''<br/>
''[[Holmskioldia]]''<br/>
''[[Hymenopyramis]]''<br/>
''[[Lantana]]''<br/>
''[[Lippia]]''<br/>
''[[Nashia]]''<br/>
''[[Oxera]]''<br/>
''[[Petrea]]''<br/>
''[[Phyla (genus)|Phyla]]''<br/>
''[[Premna]]''<br/>
''[[Rhaphithamnus]]''<br/>
''[[Schnabelia]]''<br/>
''[[Sphenodesme]]''<br/>
''[[Stachytarpheta]]''<br/>
''[[Symphorema]]''<br/>
''[[Teak|Tectona]]''<br/>
''[[Tsoongia]]''<br/>
''[[Verbena]]''
}}
The '''Verbenaceae''' or Verbena family has been considered to be closely related to the [[Lamiaceae]] (Labiatae or mint family), and the border between the two families has long been unclear but characters tying these two families together are apparently convergent. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown several genera to be misplaced in Verbenaceae and these genera are being moved out of Verbenaceae into Lamiaceae. ''[[Avicennia]]'', sometimes placed in Verbenaceae or in its own family, Avicenniaceae, has been placed in [[Acanthaceae]]. Meanwhile core Verbenaceae have proven to be more closely related to other members of the Lamiales s.l. than to Lamiaceae.
In its wider circumscription, Verbenaceae is a family of mainly [[tropical]] [[plant]]s notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small [[flower]]s. The family includes about 90 genera and nearly 2,000 species of [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s and [[herb]]s.
Economically important genera include:
*[[Beautyberry]] ''Callicarpa'' species, cultivated in gardens
*[[Lemon verbena]] ''Aloysia triphylla'', grown for aroma or flavoring
*[[Teak]] ''Tectona'' species, grown for lumber
*[[Verbena]] or Vervain ''Verbena'' species, with [[galactagogue|medicinal]] uses
{{commonscat|Verbenaceae}}
[[Category:Lamiales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Verbenaceae| ]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}
