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Phyla (genus)
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- "Frogfruit" redirects here. In colloquial use this often refers to Phyla nodifloraPhyla nodifloraPhyla nodiflora , is an ornamental plant in the Verbenaceae family, which is native from soud amrican and United States. It can be found in tropical areas around the globe, a naturalized species in many places...
specifically.
Phyla is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of eustarid
Asterids
In the APG II system for the classification of flowering plants, the name asterids refers to a clade .Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to the Asteridae in the Cronquist system and to the Sympetalae in earlier systems...
plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s in the verbena
Verbena
Verbena , verbenas or vervains, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the New World from Canada south to southern Chile, but some are also native in the Old...
family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
, Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that...
. Species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
in this genus are known generally as fogfruit or frogfruit. Species once classified under genus Lippia
Lippia
Lippia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after Augustus Lippi, a French traveler. The genus contains roughly 200 species of tropical shrubs that are found around the world. Plants are fragrant due to their essential oils, which vary between species but...
may be known by the common name lippia. Some species, e.g. Aztec Sweet Herb (P. dulcis
Phyla dulcis
Phyla dulcis is a species of perennial herb that is native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean , Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela...
), are used in cooking.
Selected species
- Phyla canescens (KunthCarl Sigismund KunthCarl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...
) GreeneEdward Lee GreeneEdward Lee Greene, Ph.D., was an American botanist known for his numerous publications including the two-part Landmarks of Botanical History and the naming or redescribing of over 4,400 species of plants in the American West.- Early Life :Edward Lee Greene was born on August 20, 1843 in...
– Hairy Frogfruit/Fogfruit - Phyla chinensis Lour.João de LoureiroJoão de Loureiro was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years. He became a specialist in Asian flora and on his return published Flora Cochinchinensis .- References :...
- Phyla cuneifolia (Torr.) Greene – Wedgeleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit, Wedgeleaf
- Phyla dulcisPhyla dulcisPhyla dulcis is a species of perennial herb that is native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean , Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela...
(Trevir.Ludolph Christian TreviranusLudolph Christian Treviranus was a German botanist who was born in Bremen. He was a younger brother to naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus ....
) MoldenkeHarold Norman MoldenkeHarold Norman Moldenke, also known as simply Moldenke was an American botanist/taxonomist. His expertise is largely in the study of Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Dicrastylidaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae and Eriocaulaceae....
, – Bushy Lippia, Aztec Sweet Herb, Honeyherb, Hierba dulce (Spanish), Tzopelic-xihuitl (NahuatlNahuatlNahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...
) - Phyla fruticosa (Mill.Philip MillerPhilip Miller FRS was a Scottish botanist.Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death...
) Kennedy – Diamondleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit - Pyhla incisa Frog-Fruit
- Phyla lanceolataPhyla lanceolataPhyla lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common name lanceleaf fogfruit or frogfruit. It is native to the southern half of North America, including much of the United States except for the northwestern quadrant, and much of Mexico...
(Michx.André MichauxAndré Michaux was a French botanist and explorer.-Biography:Michaux was born in Satory, now part of Versailles, Yvelines. After the death of his wife within a year of their marriage he took up the study of botany and was a student of Bernard de Jussieu...
) Greene – Lanceleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit - Phyla nodifloraPhyla nodifloraPhyla nodiflora , is an ornamental plant in the Verbenaceae family, which is native from soud amrican and United States. It can be found in tropical areas around the globe, a naturalized species in many places...
(L.) Greene – Turkey Tangle, Sawtooth Frogfruit/Fogfruit - Phyla stoechadifolia (L.) SmallJohn Kunkel SmallJohn Kunkel Small was an American botanist.He was the first Curator of Museums at The New York Botanical Garden, a post in which he served from 1898 until 1906. From 1906 to 1934 he was Head Curator and then from 1934 until his death he was Chief Research Associate and Curator...