Common Names - Lopseed Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - Schauer | Total Number of genera - |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 190 |
Plant forms - Includes woody shrubs to 4 meters high. | |
World Distribution - Worldwide but with the majority in western North America (about 130 species) and Australia (about 30 species). | |
Comments - This genus was previously placed by Cronquist in the verbena family Verbenaceae. |