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Aloysia
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<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>These plants are subshrubs, shrubs, or <a href="/facts/Tree/HVVn3srN">trees</a> growing 0.5 meters to 15 meters tall.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Many are very aromatic.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> 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 <a href="/facts/Deciduous/7jQHVtdd">deciduous</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Inflorescence/CvpNd4vS">inflorescence</a> is usually a <a href="/facts/Raceme/lXl4udlJ">raceme</a> of widely spaced clusters of 3 to 6 flowers each. There are leaflike <a href="/facts/Bract/pnMGNMdn">bracts</a> under the flowers which can be showy in some species. The calyx of <a href="/facts/Sepal/rFYnXN4d">sepals</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Gynoecium/P5qFQMk1">style</a> is tipped with a bilobed stigma and there are 4 <a href="/facts/Stamen/MzNPVK3D">stamens</a>. The fruit is a <a href="/facts/Schizocarp/55QHosFA">schizocarp</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>The following 41 species are recognised in the genus <i>Aloysia</i>: </p> <ul><li><i>Aloysia arequipensis</i> Siedo</li> <li><i>Aloysia barbata</i> (Brandegee) Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia brasiliensis</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia castellanosii</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_catamarcensis/VMvSoore">Aloysia catamarcensis</a></i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia chamaedryfolia</i> Cham.</li> <li><i>Aloysia chiapensis</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_citrodora/7t4qPzuy">Aloysia citrodora</a></i> Paláu – lemon verbena, lemon beebrush</li> <li><i>Aloysia coalcomana</i> Siedo</li> <li><i>Aloysia cordata</i> Siedo</li> <li><i>Aloysia crenata</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia decipiens</i> Ravenna</li> <li><i>Aloysia densispicata</i> (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Moldenke</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_deserticola/5HlFAWXe">Aloysia deserticola</a></i> (Phil.) Lu-Irving & N.O'Leary</li> <li><i>Aloysia dusenii</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_fiebrigii/r4Y0xaBS">Aloysia fiebrigii</a></i> (Hayek) Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia gentryi</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia gratissima</i> (<a href="/facts/John_Gillies_(botanist)/83KEKSYu">Gillies</a> & <a href="/facts/William_Jackson_Hooker/vFUbLV99">Hook.</a>) Tronc. – common beebrush, whitebrush, whitebush<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><i>Aloysia hatschbachii</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia herrerae</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia macrostachya</i> (<a href="/facts/John_Torrey/g2hhfrLg">Torr.</a>) Moldenke – Rio Grande beebrush</li> <li><i>Aloysia nahuire</i> Gentry & Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia oblanceolata</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia ovatifolia</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia peruviana</i> (Turcz.) Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia polygalifolia</i> Cham.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_polystachya/L3qaQCVc">Aloysia polystachya</a></i> (<a href="/facts/August_Grisebach/WpNmIy8K">Grisebach</a>) <a href="/facts/Harold_Norman_Moldenke/IPBQJcsY">Moldenke</a> – burro, burrito</li> <li><i>Aloysia pulchra</i> (Briq.) Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia riojana</i> (Hieron. ex Moldenke) Lu-Irving & N.O'Leary</li> <li><i>Aloysia salsoloides</i> (Griseb.) Lu-Irving & N.O'Leary</li> <li><i>Aloysia salviifolia</i> (Hook. & Arn.) Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia schulziana</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia scorodonioides</i> (Kunth) Cham.</li> <li><i>Aloysia sonorensis</i> Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia spathulata</i> (Hayek) Moldenke</li> <li><i>Aloysia tarapacana</i> (Botta) Lu-Irving & N.O'Leary</li> <li><i>Aloysia trifida</i> (Gay) Lu-Irving & N.O'Leary</li> <li><i>Aloysia unifacialis</i> Ravenna</li> <li><i>Aloysia velutina</i> Siedo</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_virgata/zWwoQegh">Aloysia virgata</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Ruiz_y_Pav%25C3%25B3n/jxCKpCnM">Ruiz & Pav.</a>) Juss.</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aloysia_wrightii/UYt3NWRW">Aloysia wrightii</a></i> A.Heller – mintbush lippia, Wright's beebrush</li></ul> <h3>Formerly placed here</h3> <ul><li><i>Mulguraea ligustrina</i> (as <i>A. ligustrina</i> (Lag.) Small)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aloysia. <a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to <i>Aloysia</i>. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Aloysia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). <a href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32131" target="_blank">https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32131</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Siedo, S. J. (2012). Four new species of the genus Aloysia (Verbenaceae). Lundellia 15, 35-46. <a href="https://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Siedo-A-Lundellia15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Siedo-A-Lundellia15.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Aloysia. The Jepson eFlora 2013. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=9596" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=9596</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Siedo, S. J. (2012). Four new species of the genus Aloysia (Verbenaceae). Lundellia 15, 35-46. <a href="https://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Siedo-A-Lundellia15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Siedo-A-Lundellia15.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Aloysia. The Jepson eFlora 2013. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=9596" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=9596</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Siedo, S. J. (2012). Four new species of the genus Aloysia (Verbenaceae). Lundellia 15, 35-46. <a href="https://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Siedo-A-Lundellia15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/pdfs/Siedo-A-Lundellia15.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Soule, J. A. Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, Arizona. 2012. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>GRIN Species Records of Aloysia. Germplasm Resources Information Network. <a href="https://archive.today/20121212101541/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?447" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20121212101541/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?447</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>