Vitex trifolia

Vitex trifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Viticoideae
Genus: Vitex
Species: Vitex trifolia
Varieties: V. t. var. taihangensis – V. t. var. trifolia

Name

Vitex trifolia L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vitex indica Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: Errata (1768), nom. superfl.
  • Vitex integerrima Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 3 (1768), nom. superfl.
  • Vitex variifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 107 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Vitex trifolia var. trifoliolata Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 683 (1847), nom. illeg.
  • Vitex agnus-castus var. trifolia (L.) Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma: 270 (1877).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Iran Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan Regional: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is. Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Caledonia, New Guinea Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania Regional: Southern Africa KwaZulu-Natal Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius Introduced into: Ascension, Bahamas, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Costa Rica, El Salvador, Florida, Hawaii, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Seychelles, Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 638. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vitex trifolia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Vitex trifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Vitex trifolia. Published online. Accessed: June 09 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vitex trifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ: ᨒᨓᨑᨊᨗ (lawarani)
English: Simpleleaf chastetree, three-leaved chaste-tree
Tagalog: Lagunding-dagat
lea faka-Tonga: lalatahi

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