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Verbena family
Verbenaceae
クマツヅラ科
A family including Verbena, Lantana, and Clerodendrum. Under the APG system, many former Verbenaceae genera were transferred to Lamiaceae, reducing the family to about 35 genera and 1,200 species. Distributed in tropical to temperate regions.
Key Characteristics
- ●Corolla sympetalous, zygomorphic, 4–5-lobed
- ●Stamens 4 (didynamous)
- ●Leaves opposite or whorled
- ●Stems often quadrangular
- ●Greatly reduced and reorganized under the APG system
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate / Opposite / Whorled
Leaf type
Simple / Compound
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree / Vine / Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Compound type
Ternate / Pinnate / Palmate
Leaf dissection
Dissected / Undivided
Stipules
Absent
Aromatic
Foetid / Aromatic / None
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic / Zygomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Free / Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
1-2
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Lamiales > Verbenaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene to Neogene
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Reduction of the family through APG reclassification (many genera transferred to Lamiaceae)
- ・Adaptation to the tropics and worldwide range expansion
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