Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene
Infraspecies:: 2

Phyla nodiflora var. minor (Gillies & Hook.) N.O'Leary & Múlgura

Phyla nodiflora var. reptans (Kunth) Moldenke

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
frog fruit	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
hiramana detta	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
හිරමණ දැත්ත	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Stalk, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 39 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Diototheca repens (Bertol.) Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 75 (1817).
Lantana larranagae Moldenke Known Geogr. Distr. Verbenac. Avicenn.: 79 (1942).
Lantana repens Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 142 (1894).
Lantana repens Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 188 (1923), nom. illeg.
Lantana sarmentosa Spreng. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 563 (1885), sphalm.
Lippia aegyptiaca Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 44: 316 (1872).
Lippia cuneifolia var. incisa (Small) Blank. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 186 (1907).
Lippia incisa (Small) Tidestr. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 48: 42 (1935).
Lippia nodiflora f. brevipes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 508 (1891).
Lippia nodiflora var. microphylla Featherm. Rep. Bot. Surv. S. & Centr. Louisiana: 74 (1871).
Lippia nodiflora f. pseudosarmentosa A.Reyn. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 62: 205 (1915).
Lippia nodiflora f. repens (Bertol.) Knoche Fl. Baléar. 2: 312 (1922).
Lippia nodiflora var. repens (Bertol.) Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 586 (1847).
Lippia nodiflora var. sarmentosa (Willd.) Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 585 (1847).
Lippia nodiflora var. suborbicularis Chevall. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 443 (1905).
Lippia nodiflora var. subsessilis Bornm. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 615 (1898).
Lippia nodiflora var. tarraconensis Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 8: 172 (1909).
Lippia nodiflora var. vulgaris Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 49 (1845).
Lippia repens (Bertol.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 752 (1825).
Lippia sarmentosa (Willd.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 752 (1825).
Phyla chinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 66 (1790).
Phyla incisa Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1012 (1903).
Phyla nodiflora var. antillana Moldenke Phytologia 40: 468 (1978).
Phyla nodiflora var. galapagensis Moldenke Phytologia 41: 450 (1979).
Phyla nodiflora var. incisa (Small) Moldenke Phytologia 27: 69 (1973).
Phyla nodiflora var. longifolia Moldenke Phytologia 2: 22 (1941).
Phyla nodiflora f. spathulata Moldenke Phytologia 4: 180 (1953).
Phyla nodiflora var. subsessilis (Bornm.) Moldenke Phytologia 6: 447 (1959).
Piarimula chinensis (Lour.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 102 (1837).
Verbena capitata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 10 (1775).
Verbena cuneata Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 752 (1825).
Verbena elliptica Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 751 (1825).
Verbena globiflora Nocca ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 751 (1825).
Verbena lanata Willd. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 48 (1845).
Verbena repens Bertol. Rar. Lig. [Ital.] Pl. 2: 27 (1806).
Verbena repens Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 9 (1923), nom. illeg.
Verbena sarmentosa Willd. Enum. Pl.: 632 (1809).
Zappania repens (Bertol.) Bertol. Rar. Lig. [Ital.] Pl. 3: 27 (1810).
Zappania suberosa Spreng. Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 69 (1815).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene var. nodiflora	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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