Phyla (genus)

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"Frogfruit" redirects here. In colloquial use this often refers to Phyla nodiflora specifically.
Fogfruits or frogfruits
Turkey Tangle (P. nodiflora) with inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Phyla
Lour.
Type species
Phyla chinensis
Lour.[1]
Species

See text

Phyla /ˈfaɪlə/[2] is a genus of eustarid plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. Members of the genus are known generally as fogfruit or frogfruit.[3] Species once classified in the genus Lippia may be known by the common name lippia. Some species, e.g. Aztec Sweet Herb (P. dulcis), are used in cooking.

Selected species

  • Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene – Hairy Frogfruit/Fogfruit
  • Phyla chinensis Lour.
  • Phyla cuneifolia (Torr.) Greene – Wedgeleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit, Wedgeleaf
  • Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke, – Aztec Sweet Herb, Honeyherb, Hierba dulce (Spanish), Tzopelic-xihuitl (Nahuatl)
  • Phyla fruticosa (Mill.) Kennedy – Diamondleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit
  • Phyla × intermedia Moldenke – Intermediate Frogfruit/Fogfruit
  • Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene – Lanceleaf Frogfruit/Fogfruit
  • Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene – Turkey Tangle, Sawtooth Frogfruit/Fogfruit
  • Phyla stoechadifolia (L.) Small – Southern Frogfruit/Fogfruit[4]<ref name=""GRINSpecies">"GRIN Species Records of Phyla". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-12-02. </ref>

References

  1. ↑ "Phyla Lour.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 
  2. ↑ Kathleen N. Brenzel, ed. (1995). Sunset Western Garden Book (6 ed.). Sunset Publishing Corporation. pp. 606–607. ISBN 978-0-376-03851-7. 
  3. ↑ "Phyla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-04-25. 
  4. ↑ "Subordinate Taxa of Phyla Lour.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-02. 

External links

Data related to Phyla at Wikispecies Media related to Phyla at Wikimedia Commons


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