Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene GRIN-Global

Taxon: Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

Summary

Genus:

Phyla

Family:

Verbenaceae

Nomen number:

101146

Place of publication:

Pittonia 4:46. 1899

Verified:

09/24/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Verbena nodiflora L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Lippia repens Spreng.
Phyla chinensis Lour.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 Note: = Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
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Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. Flora de Veracruz. 1978- Note: = Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 Note: = Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Kennedy, K. 1992. A systematic study of the genus Phyla Lour. (Verbenaceae: Verbenoideae, Lantanae). Unpublished dissertation (University of Texas at Austin) 196-212.
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Merxmüller, H., ed. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. 1966-1972
Munir, A. A. 1993. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyla Lour. (Verbenaceae) in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 15:114-121.
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Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998

Common names

English
Capeweed –
carpetweed –
fogfruit –
frogfruit –
matgrass –
turkey-tangle –
turkey-tangle frogfruit –
Swedish
grodverbena –
Transcribed Chinese
guo jiang teng –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Cape Province
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mauritania
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Central African Republic
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Comoros
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Seychelles
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangsu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	Hong Kong
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	******
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Jordan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Andhra Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Assam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Bihar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Delhi
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Gujarat
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Haryana
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Karnataka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Kerala
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Madhya Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Maharashtra
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Punjab
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Rajasthan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tamil Nadu	incl. Rameswaram Island
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	West Bengal	incl. Sagar Island
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	East Timor
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Celebes
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Java
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Kalimantan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Lesser Sunda Islands
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Moluccas
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sumatra
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia	Malacca
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	New Guinea
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Batan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Bohol
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Camiguin
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Cebu
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Luzon
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Mindanao
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Singapore
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	North Indian Ocean	India	Andaman and Nicobar
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece	Crete
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France	Corsica	incl. Corsica
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		incl. Baleares
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri	s.e.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico	s.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3520
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia	s.e.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah	s.w.
1	Native	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Guam
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bermuda
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Turks and Caicos Islands
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina		possibly
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Manabi
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Arequipa
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Ayacucho
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cajamarca
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cuzco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huancavelica
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huanuco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	La Libertad
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Lambayeque
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Lima
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Piura
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martin
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Tacna
4	Naturalized					widely natzd.
6	Other					perhaps native only in New World

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Hainan], Hong Kong
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (incl. Rameswaram Island), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (incl. Sagar Island), Karnataka, Delhi], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: New Guinea, Indonesia [Kalimantan, Celebes, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sumatra], Malaysia [Malacca], Philippines [Bohol, Cebu, Luzon, Mindanao, Batan, Camiguin], Singapore, East Timor
NORTH INDIAN OCEAN: India [Andaman and Nicobar]

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece [Crete], Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France [Corsica (incl. Corsica)]

Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri (s.e.), Oklahoma]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Pennsylvania]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3520), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia (s.e.)]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan, Federal District]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada (s.), Utah (s.w.)]

Pacific

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Guam
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul]
CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (possibly), Chile, Uruguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Manabi], Peru [Amazonas, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Piura, San Martin, Tacna]

Naturalized (widely natzd.)
Other (perhaps native only in New World)

Economic Uses

Medicines

Banque Nationale de Gènes

Taxon: Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene