Lippia

Lippia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after , (1678-1705), a French naturalist and botanist (with Italian origins). He was killed in Abyssinia. The genus contains roughly 200 species of tropical shrubs that are found around the world. Plants are fragrant due to their essential oils, which vary between species but may include estragole, carvacrol, linalool, or limonene. The leaves of certain species, such as L. graveolens, can be used as a culinary herb similar to oregano.^[3]

Selected species[]

Lippia abyssinica (Otto & A.Dietr.) ^[4] – Koseret; (Ethiopia)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson – Bushy lippia, white lippia (Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America)^[3]
Lippia carterae (Moldenke) G.L.Nesom – Licorice verbena (Baja California, Mexico)^[3]
Moldenke
Lippia graveolens Kunth – Mexican oregano, scented lippia, scented matgrass (Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America as far south as Nicaragua)
(Burm.f.) Spreng.
Vatke
Schauer – Spanish thyme (Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America)^[3]
Moldenke
Schltdl. & Cham.
Lippia palmeri S.Watson
H.Pearson
H.Pearson
Lippia salicifolia Andersson (Ecuador)
Sond.
Cham.^[5]^[6]
Lippia substrigosa Turcz.
Mart. & Schauer

Aloysia citrodora Palau (as L. citrodora Kunth or L. triphylla (L'Hér.) Kuntze)
Cham. (as L. lycioides (Cham.) Steud.)
(Kunth) Cham. (as L. scorodonioides Kunth or L. wrightii A.Gray ex Torr.)
Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq. (as L. montevidensis Spreng.)
(Vatke) Verdc. (as L. ukambensis Vatke)
(Lag.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta (as L. ligustrina (Lag.) Britton)
Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene (as L. canescens Kunth or L. filiformis Schrad.)
(Torr.) Greene (as L. cuneifolia (Torr.) Steud.)
Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke (as L. dulcis Trevir.)
Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene (as L. lanceolata Michx.)
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (as L. nodiflora (L.) Michx. or L. repens Spreng.)
(L.) Small (as L. stoechadifolia (L.) Kunth)^[5]

^ "Lippia L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
^ "Genus: Lippia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Tucker, Arthur O.; Thomas DeBaggio (2009). The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance (2 ed.). Timber Press. pp. 297–300. ISBN 978-0-88192-994-2.
^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "GRIN Species records of Lippia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
^ "Lippia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

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