Verbenaceae
Verbena

Verbena incompta P.W.Michael

First published in Telopea 6: 181 (1995)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to N. Argentina. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Cook Is., Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Illinois, Italy, Kenya, Louisiana, Malaya, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Portugal, Queensland, Québec, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Victoria, Virginia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nesom, G.L. (2010). Taxonomic notes on Verbena bonariensis (Verbenaceae) and related species in the USA. Phytoneuron 2010-12: 1-16.
  • Verloove, F. (2011). Verbena incompta (Verbenaceae), an overlooked xenophyte in Europe. Willdenowia 41: 43-49.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Verbena bonariensis.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventures and aliens news 24. BSBI News 148: 37-44.
  • Nesom, G.L. (2010). Taxonomic notes on Verbena bonariensis (Verbenaceae) and related species in the USA. Phytoneuron 2010-12: 1-16.
  • Verloove, F. (2011). Verbena incompta (Verbenaceae), an overlooked xenophyte in Europe. Willdenowia 41: 43-49.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apaza, O.; Apaza, P.; Apaza, S. [92] Bolivia Verbena litoralis var. brevibracteata K000374315 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0