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Phyla

Lour. (1790)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Verbenaceae Genus: Phyla

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Herbs.

Stems: Branches usually acutely 4-angled, sometimes spiny, hirsute, glandular.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Inflorescences terminal, spicate or capitate, elongated in fruit; bracts obovate. Flowers perfect, small. Calyx membranous, 2-lipped, 4-lobed. Corolla sometimes 2-lipped; lobes 5, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on distal part of corolla tube, included. Ovary superior, 2-locular; ovule 1 per locule; style short; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Capsules small; splitting into 2 1-seeded cocci.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Cochinch.: 66 (1790)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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