Phyla

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: Phyla
Species: P. betulifolia – P. cuneifolia – P. lanceolata – P. linearis – P. nodiflora
Nothospecies: P. × intermedia
Name

Phyla Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 66 (1790)

Type species: Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora. Designated as its synonym Phyla chinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 66 (1790)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Platonia Raf., Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808)
Diototheca Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 74 (1817)
Panope Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 103 (1837)
Piarimula Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 102 (1837), nom. illeg.
Cryptocalyx Benth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 446 (1839)

References

Loureiro, J. de 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 66.
O'Leary, N. & Múlgura, M.E. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyla (Verbenaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98: 578–596.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Phyla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Aug 6. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Phyla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Aug 2014. Reference page.
Find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference.

International Plant Names Index. 2014. Phyla. Published online. Accessed: Aug 6 2014. Reference page.

Phyla /ˈfaɪlə/[2] is a genus of eustarid plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. The name is derived from the Greek word φυλή (phyle), meaning "tribe", and most likely refers to the tightly clustered flowers or the spreading, mat-like growth.[3] Members of the genus are known generally as fogfruit or frogfruit.[4] 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[5][6]

References

"Phyla Lour". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
Kathleen N. Brenzel, ed. (1995). Sunset Western Garden Book (6 ed.). Sunset Publishing Corporation. pp. 606–607. ISBN 978-0-376-03851-7.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants. CRC Press. p. 2895. ISBN 978-1420080445.
"Phyla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
"Subordinate Taxa of Phyla Lour". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
"GRIN Species Records of Phyla". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-12-02.