VERBENACEAE - Vervain or Verbena Family
Herbs, shrubs,
trees, & vines
Stems 4-angled, opposite leaves, flowers 5-merous and zygomorphic,
style single & terminal
Infl. racemose or cymose,
sometimes with colored bracts
Stamens didynamous, epipetalous
Fruit a drupe or berry
100 genera, 2600 spp., mostly tropical and subtropical
Verbena
Lantana - poisonous
Vitex
Callicarpa
Avicannia - Mangrove
Tectona - teak
Economic importance - teak, ornamentals
Verbenaceae can be confused with Boraginaceae and Lamiaceae but both
of those families have a gynobasic style. In addition, Boraginaceae
have round stems and alternate leaves.
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