Nashia

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: Nashia
Species: (7)
N. armata – N. cayensis – N. inaguensis – N. myrtifolia – N. nipensis – N. spinifera – N. variifolia
Name

Nashia Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(3): 176. (1906)
Type species: Nashia inaguensis Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(3): 177. (1906)

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Nashia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 16. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Nashia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 16.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Nashia. Published online. Accessed: 16 June 2014.

Nashia is a genus of flowering plant in the vervain family, Verbenaceae.

Until recently, there were 7 known species to exist within the genus Nashia.[1] However, the seven species placed in the genus Nashia were revised, based on the near totality of the (scant) material found in the world's herbaria. A morphological analysis of, in particular, the calyx and fruit reveals the heterogeneity of the genus. As a result, Nashia was reduced to its single original species, N. inaquensis, described from Great Inagua, Bahamas (where it's considered to have been introduced), and recently found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (St. Croix). N. Spinifera, of Hispaniola, was placed in the genus Isidroa, a monotypic new genus. The five Cuban endemics, plus two newly described here, make up the new genus Diphyllocalyx, formerly Lippia sect. Diphllocalyx of Grisebach.[2]

Species include:[3]

Nashia armata (Urb.) Moldenke
Nashia cayensis Britton
Nashia inaguensis Millsp. – el tuque[4]
Nashia myrtifolia (Griseb.) Moldenke
Nashia nipensis (Urb.) Moldenke
Nashia spinifera (Urb.) Moldenke
Nashia variifolia (Urb.) Moldenke

References

Marx, H. E., et al. (2010). A molecular phylogeny and classification of Verbenaceae. American Journal of Botany 97(10), 1647-63.
Greuter, Werner; Rankin Rodriguez, Rosa; Herschkowitz (2016). "Revision of the Caribbean endemics currently placed in Nashia (Verbenaceae)". Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Novitiae florae cubensis No. 50 (Willdenowia 46): 5–22. doi:10.3372/wi.46.46101.
Nashia. The Plant List.
Nashia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).