Vitex
E Vicipaedia
| Vitex | |
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| Vitex negundo | |
| Taxinomia | |
| Regnum: | Plantae |
| (inordinata): | Angiospermae |
| (inordinata): | Eudicotyledones |
| (inordinatus): | Asteridae |
| Ordo: | Lamiales |
| Familia: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Vitex L. |
| Species | |
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Circa 250 species, inter quas: |
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Vitex est genus circa 250 specierum fruticum et arborum, 1 ad 35 m altum, in regionibus tropicis, subtropicis, et temperatis calidis endemicum. Olim in familia Verbenacearum positum, genus recentius in familiam Lamiacearum translatum est.[1][2][3]
Species selectae [recensere]
- Vitex agnus-castus (Anglice: chastetree, chasteberry, monk's pepper), in regione Mediterraneo endemica
- Vitex cuneata (Bamanane: koronfinfin), in Africa Occidentali, pro fructu dulci atroque nota
- Vitex lucens (Maoriane: puriri), in Nova Zelandia endemica
- Vitex keniensis (Anglice: meru oak), in Kenya endemica
- Vitex negundo (Anglice: five-leaf chastetree), in tropicis Asiae et Africae zonis endemica
- Vitex trifolia (Anglice: simpleleaf chastetree)
Notae [recensere]
- ↑ List of Genera in LAMIACEAE = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.
- ↑ Ray Harley. 2000. [http://www.kew.org/data/vitex/jan00.pdf "In Search of Labiatae in Eastern Brazil." Vitex: A Newsletter for Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Research 1:5. ISSN 1470-0123.
- ↑ Systematics of Lamiaceae Subfamily Viticoideae.
