Lippia
Lippia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after Augustin Lippi, a French naturalist and botanist. 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.
Selected species
- Lippia abyssinica Cufod. - Ethiopia
- Lippia alba N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson - Bushy lippia, white lippia
- Lippia carterae G.L.Nesom - Licorice verbena
- Lippia dulcis Trevir.
- Lippia durangensis Moldenke
- Lippia graveolens Kunth - Mexican oregano, scented lippia, scented matgrass
- Lippia javanica Spreng.
- Lippia kituiensis Vatke
- Lippia micromera Schauer - Spanish thyme
- Lippia multiflora Moldenke
- Lippia myriocephala Schltdl. & Cham.
- Lippia palmeri S.Watson
- Lippia pretoriensis H.Pearson
- Lippia rehmannii H.Pearson
- Lippia salicifolia Andersson
- Lippia scaberrima Sond.
- Lippia sidoides Cham.
- Lippia stoechadifolia
- Lippia substrigosa Turcz.
- Lippia thymoides Mart. & Schauer
Formerly placed here
- Aloysia citrodora Palau
- Aloysia lycioides Cham.
- Aloysia scorodonioides Cham.
- Lantana montevidensis Briq.
- Lantana ukambensis Verdc.
- Mulguraea ligustrina N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
- Phyla canescens Greene
- Phyla cuneifolia Greene
- Phyla lanceolata Greene
- Phyla nodiflora Greene
- ''Salimenaea integrifolia''