''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the

verbena ''Verbena'' (), also known as vervain or verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas a ...

family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.''Aloysia''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed in temperate climates, as well as in

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

and desert climates.Siedo, S. J. (2012)
Four new species of the genus ''Aloysia'' (Verbenaceae).
''Lundellia'' 15, 35-46. The genus is named for

Maria Luisa of Parma Maria Luisa of Parma (Luisa Maria Teresa Anna; 9 December 1751 – 2 January 1819) was, by marriage to King Charles IV of Spain, Queen of Spain from 1788 to 1808 leading up to the Peninsular War. Her relationship with Manuel Godoy and influence o ...

(1751-1819), wife of King Charles IV of Spain.''Aloysia''.
The Jepson eFlora 2013.

Description

These plants are subshrubs, shrubs, or trees growing 0.5 meters to 15 meters tall. Many are very aromatic. 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 A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

of widely spaced clusters of 3 to 6 flowers each. There are leaflike

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

s 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

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s. The fruit is a schizocarp.

Diversity

There are about 30 species. Species include: *''

Aloysia arequipensis ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia barbata ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia brasiliensis ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia castellanosii ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia catamarcensis ''Aloysia catamarcensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae The Verbenaceae ( ), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for ...

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Aloysia chamaedryfolia ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia chiapensis ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia citrodora ''Aloysia citrodora'', lemon verbena, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to South America. Other common names include lemon beebrush. It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 17th ce ...

'' Paláu – lemon verbena, lemon beebrush *''

Aloysia coalcomana ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia cordata ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia crenata ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia dodsoniorum ''Aloysia dodsoniorum'' is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is tropical dry forests The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by ...

'' Moldenke *''

Aloysia dusenii ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia fiebrigii ''Aloysia fiebrigii'' is a species in the genus '' Aloysia'' in the family Verbenaceae. It is native to high elevation in the Andes of Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizont ...

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Aloysia gratissima ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Gillies Gillies is both a Scottish surname and a given name shared by several notable people: Surname uses Politicians * Duncan Gillies (1834–1903), Australian colonial and state politician * James McPhail Gillies (born 1924), Canadian national pol ...

Hook. Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew h ...

) Tronc. – common beebrush, whitebrush, whitebushSoule, J. A. ''Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona''. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, Arizona. 2012. *'' Aloysia hatschbachii'' *'' Aloysia herrerae'' *''

Aloysia lycioides ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

Cham. Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 178121 August 1838) was a Germans, German poet and botanist, author of ''Peter Schlemihl'', a famous story about a man who sold his shadow. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot ...

* '' Aloysia macrostachya'' ( Torr.) Moldenke – Rio Grande beebrush *'' Aloysia minthiosa'' *''

Aloysia nahuire ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia oblanceolata ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

'' *'' Aloysia peruviana'' *''

Aloysia polygalifolia ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia polystachya ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Moldenke Moldenke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Edward Moldenke (1860–1935), American Egyptologist *Edward Frederick Moldenke Edward Frederick Moldenke (or Moldehnke; 10 August 1836 – 25 June 1904) was a Lutheran the ...

) – burro, burrito, ka'á jaguá *''

Aloysia salviifolia ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

'' *'' Aloysia scorodonioides'' *''

Aloysia sonorensis ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.Aloysia velutina ''Aloysia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes.

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Aloysia virgata ''Aloysia virgata'', known as sweet almond verbena and sweet almond bush, is a perennial plant in the family Verbenaceae native to Argentina. It grows from Central Argentina up to Brazil and Peru, with multiple instances in Yucatán, Southeastern ...

'' ( Ruiz & Pav.)

Pers. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immi ...

– almond verbena * ''

Aloysia wrightii ''Aloysia wrightii'' is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common names Wright's beebrush and oreganillo. It is native to the Sonoran Desert of southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found ...

'' (A.Gray) A.Heller – mintbush lippia, Wright's beebrush

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Mulguraea ligustrina ''Mulguraea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae. Its native range is Peru to southern South America. It is found in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. The genus name of ''Mulguraea'' is in hono ...

'' (as ''A. ligustrina'' (Lag.) Small)GRIN Species Records of ''Aloysia''.
Germplasm Resources Information Network.

References

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