Vitex caespitosa

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 caespitosa

Vitex caespitosa Exell, J. Bot. 69(Suppl. 2): 145 (1931)

Typus: J. Gossweiler 3302 (in flower, October; Holotypus: BM [BM001124558^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected on 21 October 1906]; ⧼Isotypi⧽: COI [COI00067397^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], K [K000249032^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. COI [COI00067396^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected on 22 November 1906], FHI 81885^(GBIF)).
Type locality: Angola. [Cuando Cubango:] Cassuango, Cuiriri, amongst grass-grown thickets.

Native distribution areas:
Africa South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Exell, A. 1930–1931. Verbenaceae. Mr. John Gossweiler's Portuguese West African plants. Journal of Botany 68–69(Suppl. 2): 137–146. Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page.

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. [see page 109.]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vitex caespitosa. Accessed: 2023 March 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Vitex caespitosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Vitex caespitosa. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Vitex caespitosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2023.