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* ''[[Aloysia macrostachya]]'' <small>([[John Torrey|Torr.]]) Moldenke</small> – Rio Grande beebush |
* ''[[Aloysia macrostachya]]'' <small>([[John Torrey|Torr.]]) Moldenke</small> – Rio Grande beebush |
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* ''[[Aloysia scorodonioides]]'' <small>([[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]) Cham.</small> |
* ''[[Aloysia scorodonioides]]'' <small>([[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]) Cham.</small> |
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* ''[[Aloysia virgata]]'' <small>([[Ruiz y Pavón|Ruiz & Pav.]]) [[Christiaan Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]</small> |
* ''[[Aloysia virgata]]'' <small>([[Ruiz y Pavón|Ruiz & Pav.]]) [[Christiaan Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]</small> Native to Argentina. Upright habit, slightly weeping branches. Highly fragrant delicate white flower spikes. Attracts both butterflies and bees. |
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* ''[[Aloysia wrightii]]'' <small>[[Amos Arthur Heller|A.Heller]]</small> – oreganillo, Wright's beebush ([[Southwestern United States]], Northern [[Mexico]])<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?447 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Aloysia'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2010-09-02}}</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=32131 |taxon=''Aloysia'' |accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> |
* ''[[Aloysia wrightii]]'' <small>[[Amos Arthur Heller|A.Heller]]</small> – oreganillo, Wright's beebush ([[Southwestern United States]], Northern [[Mexico]])<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?447 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Aloysia'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2010-09-02}}</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=32131 |taxon=''Aloysia'' |accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> |
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Aloysia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. The roughly 35 species of aromatic shrubs it contains are generally known as beebrushes, with the most well-known being Lemon Verbena (A. citrodora). The genus is named for Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), wife of King Charles IV of Spain.[3]
Selected species
- Aloysia citrodora Palau – lemon verbena, lemon beebush (Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru)
- Aloysia dodsoniorum Moldenke (Ecuador)
- Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. – whitebush
- Aloysia lycioides Cham. – Sonoran beebush (moist canyons of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Sonora)
- Aloysia macrostachya (Torr.) Moldenke – Rio Grande beebush
- Aloysia scorodonioides (Kunth) Cham.
- Aloysia virgata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Native to Argentina. Upright habit, slightly weeping branches. Highly fragrant delicate white flower spikes. Attracts both butterflies and bees.
- Aloysia wrightii A.Heller – oreganillo, Wright's beebush (Southwestern United States, Northern Mexico)[4][5]
Formerly placed here
- Mulguraea ligustrina (Lag.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta (as A. ligustrina (Lag.) Small)[4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aloysia.
Wikispecies has information related to Aloysia.
- ^ "Genus: Aloysia Palau". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-06-29. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ "Aloysia Palau". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C. CRC Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Aloysia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
- ^ "Aloysia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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