English: Verbena family; Vervain family
Botany: 35 genera; 1200 species; tropical; trees, shrubs, herbs; stem quadrangular; inflorescence in heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers; aromatic smell.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Verbenaceae is a
Family in
Lamiales.
Verbenaceae was formerly placed in Scrophulariales. Numerous genera traditionally classified in
Verbenaceae have been transferred to
Lamiaceae. Verbenalesis in monophyletic subclade together with
Acanthaceae,
Bignoniaceae and other families.
In the
Plant theory Verbenaceae is in
Verbenales, which is split off from
Lamiales.
Verbenaceae is in
Subphase 4 in
Verbenales.