Verbenaceae shrub for ID 300411MK2

Muthu Karthick

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30 Apr 2011, 3:38:58 am30/04/11

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Dear all,

Please help to identify this Verbenaceae shrub. Local people use the leaves for decoction in tea for flavour. Highly aromatic plant.


Date/Time-	09-04-2011 / 04:30 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GP	ca.2000asl; Kotagiri, TN
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-	garden
Plant Habit-	shrub
Height/Length-	1 - 2 m long
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-	ca.8 x 1 cm
Inflorescence Type/ Size-	raceme of 15 cm long
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-	white; c 1 x 0.5cm
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-	not observed
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

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Nidhan Singh

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30 Apr 2011, 12:27:57 pm30/04/11

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Muthu Ji,

Is it not a Buddleja species? may be Buddleja davidii?

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Ushadi micromini

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30 Apr 2011, 8:38:17 pm30/04/11

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I do not think this is buddleja...
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Gurcharan Singh

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30 Apr 2011, 10:23:41 pm30/04/11

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Not B. davidii, at least

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Vijayasankar

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30 Apr 2011, 11:50:54 pm30/04/11

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Aloysia triphylla. Cultivated (espl. in high altitudes) for leaves used as tea.

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Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

Muthu Karthick

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2 May 2011, 3:40:25 am02/05/11

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Many thanks everyone for the identification of this Lemon-verbena plant. This plant is useful as a lemon flavour in Tea, fish etc.

This can be narrowed down to Aloysia triphylla (L'Herit.) Britton of Verbenaceae. Native of Brazil and Argentina.

Common name: Lemon beebush

Muthu Karthick

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2 May 2011, 3:59:56 am02/05/11

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But Aloysia triphylla (L'Herit.) Britton seems to be illegitimate name as per Missouri Botanic Gardens here: http://tropicos.org/Name/33700921?tab=acceptednames

'The Plant List' doesn't say so: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-6952

Gurcharan Singh

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2 May 2011, 4:20:27 am02/05/11

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Muthu ji

I don't think there should be any confusion. According to KEW Plant List it is synonym of Aloysia citridora Palau

According to Tropicos the plant is synonym of Aloysia citridora Palau as per Zuloaga, F. O. 1997. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74(1-2): 1–1331. whereas it is synonym of Lippia triphylla (L'Her.) Kuntze according to Macbride, J. F. 1960. Verbenaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5/2): 609–721.

Of the two former is more recent publication (1997). This plus KEW Plant list should settle A. citridora Palau as correct name for the plant.

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