Aloysia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Verbenaceae
Tribus: Lantaneae
Genus: Aloysia
Species: A. aloysioides – A. arequipensis – A. axillaris – A. ayacuchensis – A. barbata – A. brasiliensis – A. casadensis – A. castellanosii – A. catamarcensis – A. chamaedryfolia – A. chiapensis – A. citrodora – A. coalcomana – A. cordata – A. crenata – A. decipiens – A. decorticans – A. densispicata – A. deserticola – A. dodsoniorum – A. dusenii – A. famatinensis – A. fiebrigii – A. foncki – A. gentryi – A. gratissima – A. hatschbachii – A. herrerae – A. krapovickasii – A. leptophylla – A. lomaplatae – A. looseri – A. macrostachya – A. minthiosa – A. nahuire – A. naviculata – A. oblanceolata – A. ovatifolia – A. peruviana – A. polygalifolia – A. polystachya – A. pulchra – A. reichii – A. riojana – A. salviifolia – A. schulziana – A. scorodonioides – A. sonorensis – A. spathulata – A. tarapacana – A. ternifolia – A. trifida – A. unifacialis – A. velutina – A. virgata – A. wrightii
Name

Aloysia Paláu (1884)

Type species: A. citrodora Paláu

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Xeroaloysia Tronc., Darwiniana 12: 50 (1960).

References

Paláu y Verdera, A. 1784. Parte Práct. Bot. 1: 767.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Aloysia. Published online. Accessed: 16 June 2014.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aloysia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 16. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Aloysia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 16.

Aloysia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.[2] They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed in temperate climates, as well as in subtropical and desert climates.[3] The genus is named for Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), wife of King Charles IV of Spain.[4]
Contents

1 Description
2 Diversity
2.1 Formerly placed here
3 References

Description

These plants are subshrubs, shrubs, or trees growing 0.5 meters to 15 meters tall.[3] Many are very aromatic.[4] The stems may be four-angled and smooth when new, becoming more angular or rounded and often furrowed or striated with age. The leaves are evergreen or deciduous in the dry season. They are often oppositely arranged or whorled, but can be alternate or clustered. The blades are variable in shape, toothed or smooth-edged, and hairless to rough-haired on the upper surfaces. The undersides may have glandular hairs. The inflorescence is usually a raceme of widely spaced clusters of 3 to 6 flowers each. There are leaflike bracts under the flowers which can be showy in some species. The calyx of sepals has 2 or 4 lobes and is persistent, enclosing the fruit as it develops. The flower corolla is tubular with a wider mouth divided into four lobes, one of which may be cleft. The corolla can be white, purplish, blue, or pink. The narrow style is tipped with a bilobed stigma and there are 4 stamens. The fruit is a schizocarp.[3]
Diversity
Aloysia wrightii
Aloysia macrostachya

There are about 30 species.[3]

Species include:[3]

Aloysia arequipensis
Aloysia barbata
Aloysia brasiliensis
Aloysia castellanosii
Aloysia catamarcensis
Aloysia chamaedryfolia
Aloysia chiapensis
Aloysia citrodora Paláu – lemon verbena, lemon beebrush
Aloysia coalcomana
Aloysia cordata
Aloysia crenata
Aloysia dodsoniorum Moldenke[5]
Aloysia dusenii
Aloysia fiebrigii
Aloysia gratissima(Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. – common beebrush, whitebrush, whitebush[6]
Aloysia hatschbachii
Aloysia herrerae
Aloysia lycioides Cham.[6]
Aloysia macrostachya (Torr.) Moldenke – Rio Grande beebrush
Aloysia minthiosa
Aloysia nahuire
Aloysia oblanceolata
Aloysia peruviana
Aloysia polygalifolia
Aloysia polystachya(Grisebach & Moldenke) – burro, burrito, ka'á jaguá
Aloysia salviifolia
Aloysia scorodonioides
Aloysia sonorensis
Aloysia velutina
Aloysia virgata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.[6] – almond verbena
Aloysia wrightii (A.Gray) A.Heller – mintbush lippia, Wright's beebrush

Formerly placed here

Mulguraea ligustrina (as A. ligustrina (Lag.) Small)[7]

References

Armada, J. and A. Barra. (1992). On Aloysia Palau (Verbenaceae). Taxon 41(1), 88-90.
Aloysia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Siedo, S. J. (2012). Four new species of the genus Aloysia (Verbenaceae). Lundellia 15, 35-46.
Aloysia. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
Santiana, J.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Aloysia dodsoniorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46261A11040297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46261A11040297.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Soule, J. A. Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, Arizona. 2012.
GRIN Species Records of Aloysia. Germplasm Resources Information Network.