''Phyla'' is a

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of eustarid

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s 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 ...

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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 heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. The ...

. The name is derived from the

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word φυλή (''phyle''), meaning "tribe", and most likely refers to the tightly clustered flowers or the spreading, mat-like growth. Members of the genus are known generally as fogfruit or frogfruit. Species once classified in the genus ''

Lippia ''Lippia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after Augustus Lippi, (1678-1705), a French naturalist and botanist (with Italian origins). He was killed in Abyssinia. The genus contains roughly 200 s ...

'' may be known by the common name lippia. Some species, e.g. Aztec Sweet Herb ('' P. dulcis''), are used in cooking.

Selected species

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Phyla canescens ''Phyla canescens'' is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Verbenaceae, native to South America. It has been introduced to Australia as an ornamental plant and low-maintenance lawn, but has become naturalised and is considered a ...

'' (

Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continents, ...

)

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– hairy frogfruit/fogfruit * '' Phyla chinensis'' Lour. * '' Phyla cuneifolia'' (Torr.) Greene – wedgeleaf frogfruit/fogfruit, wedgeleaf * ''

Phyla dulcis ''Phyla dulcis'' (synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Lippia dulcis'') is a species of Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plant that is native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), Central America, Colombia, and Venezue ...

'' ( Trevir.) Moldenke, – Aztec sweet herb, honeyherb, ''hierba dulce'' (

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), ''tzopelic-xihuitl'' (

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...

) * ''

Phyla fruticosa Phyla, the plural of ''phylum'', may refer to: * Phylum, a biological taxon between Kingdom and Class * by analogy, in linguistics, a large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family A language family is a group of lang ...

'' (

Mill. Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular '' The Gardeners Dict ...

) Kennedy – diamondleaf frogfruit/fogfruit * ''

Phyla × intermedia Phyla, the plural of ''phylum'', may refer to: * Phylum, a biological taxon between Kingdom and Class * by analogy, in linguistics, a large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family A language family is a group of lang ...

'' Moldenke – intermediate frogfruit/fogfruit * ''

Phyla lanceolata ''Phyla lanceolata'' is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common names lanceleaf fogfruit, fogfruit, or frogfruit. It is native to the southern half of North America, including much of the United States except for t ...

'' ( Michx.) Greene – lanceleaf frogfruit/fogfruit * ''

Phyla nodiflora ''Phyla nodiflora'', the frog fruit, sawtooth fogfruit, or turkey tangle, is a flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae, and is native to the area from northern South America to southern United States. It can be found in tropical areas around th ...

'' ( L.) Greene – turkey tangle, sawtooth frogfruit/fogfruit * ''

Phyla stoechadifolia Phyla, the plural of ''phylum'', may refer to: * Phylum, a biological taxon between Kingdom and Class * by analogy, in linguistics, a large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family A language family is a group of lang ...

'' (L.)

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– southern frogfruit/fogfruit

References

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* * Verbenaceae genera {{Verbenaceae-stub