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The genus Verbena is in the family Verbenaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Verbena

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Verbena alata Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × allenii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena andalgalensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × argentina Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena bangiana Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena barbata Graham	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena berteroi (Meisn.) Schauer	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × bingenensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × blanchardii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena bonariensis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena bracteata Cav. ex Lag. & Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena californica Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena calliantha Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena canescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena caniuensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena carnea Medik.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena carolina L.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena catamarcensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × clemensorum Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena cloverae Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena cochabambensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena concepcionis Moldenke	Accepted		TRO
Verbena × crookshanksii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena cumingii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena cuneifolia Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × deamii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena delicatula Mart. & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena demissa Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × dermeni Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena domingensis Urb.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena ehrenbergiana Schauer	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × engelmannii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena ephedroides Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena ferreyrae Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena filicaulis Schauer	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena galapagosensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena gentryi Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena glabrata Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × goodmanii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena goyazensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena gracilescens (Cham.) Herter	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena gracilis Desf.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena grisea B.L.Rob. & Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena hastata L.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena hayekii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena hirta Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena hispida Ruiz & Pav.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena hybrida Voss	Accepted		TRO
Verbena × illicita Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena inamoena Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena integrifolia Sessé & Moc.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × intercedens Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena intermedia Gillies & Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena johnstonii (Moldenke) G.L.Nesom	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena kuhlmannii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena landbeckii Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena lasiostachys Link	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena lindbergii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena lindmanii Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena litoralis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena lobata Vell.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena longifolia M.Martens & Galeotti	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena macdougalii A.Heller	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena macrodonta L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena macrostachya F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena malmii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena menthifolia Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena minutiflora Briq. ex Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × moechina Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena montevidensis Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena monticola Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena multiglandulosa Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena neomexicana (A.Gray) Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena nivea Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena officinalis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena orcuttiana L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena ovata Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena paranensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena parvula Hayek	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena paulensis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena perennis Wooton	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × perriana Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × perturbata Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena pinetorum Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena pinnatiloba (Kuntze) Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena plicata Greene	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena pogostoma Klotzsch ex Walp.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena ramboi Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena recta Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena rectiloba Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena regnelliana Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena reitzii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena ribifolia Walp.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena rigida Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena riparia Raf. ex Small & A.Heller	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena rugosa Mill.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena runyonii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena russellii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × rydbergii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena sagittalis Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena scabra Vahl	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena scabrella Sessé & Moc.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena sedula Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena simplex Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena sphaerocarpa L.M.Perry	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena stewartii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena storeoclada Briq.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena stricta Vent.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena strigosa Cham.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena × stuprosa Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena subpetiolata N.O'Leary	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena subuligera Greene	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena supina L.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena swiftiana Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena tessmannii Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena townsendii Svenson	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena trachea Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena trifida Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena urticifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena valerianoides Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena variabilis Moldenke	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena villifolia Hayek	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena weberbaueri Hayek	Accepted		WCSP
Verbena xutha Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 567 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Verbena. Of these 124 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 285 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Verbena. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 567 species names for the genus Verbena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	124	21.9%
◕	Synonym	409	72.1%
◕	Unplaced	17	3.0%
◕	Unassessed	17	3.0%

All names

The status of the 852 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Verbena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	134	15.7%
◕	Synonym	683	80.2%
◕	Unplaced	17	2.0%
◕	Unassessed	18	2.1%

Of these names,

• 10 are recorded as invalid
• 36 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 567 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Verbena, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	122	388	0	0	510	89.9%
	Medium confidence	2	20	0	0	22	3.9%
	Low confidence	0	1	17	17	35	6.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Verbena, are as follows: