vervain family

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vervain family - family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and treesfamily Verbenaceae, verbena family, Verbenaceaeasterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsorder Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophularialesgenus Verbena - type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubsAvicennia, genus Avicennia - small genus of tropical shrubs or treesAvicenniaceae, family Avicenniaceae - used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus AvicenniaAegiceras, genus Aegiceras - a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceaegenus Tectona, Tectona - small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak