Vitex Linnaeus 1753 (chaste tree)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Verbenaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Verbenaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

Sister taxa: Avicennia, Callicarpa, Citharexylum, Clerodendrum, Dipyrena, Gmelina, Gmelinoxylon, Holmskioldia, Lippia, Premnophyllum, Tectona, Tectonoxylon, Vitexoxylon, Viticocarpum

Subtaxa: Vitex agnuscastus Vitex negundo Vitex pinnata Vitex prenegundo Vitex siwalica Vitex trifolia

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Type: Vitex agnuscastus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (1 collection)

• Miocene of Nepal (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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