Vitex agnus-castus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:LAMIACEAE
Species:Vitex agnus-castus L.
Common Name:Lilac Chaste Tree; Blue Vitex; Monk's Pepper Tree
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Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VIAG
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Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyLAMIACEAE - Mint family
Genus Vitex
Species Vitex agnus-castus L. - Lilac Chaste Tree; Blue Vitex; Monk's Pepper Tree

Citation

Citation Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 638 [as 938"]". 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: ITALY: Without data (lectotype: LINN 811.4). Lectotypified by Siddiqi, in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 82: 11. 1980.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Agnus-castus vulgaris Agnus-castus vulgaris Carrière, Rev. Hort. 42: 415. 1871.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus 1753. 
Agnus-castus robusta Agnus-castus robusta Carrière, Rev. Hort. 42: 415. 1871.  
Agnus-castus vulgaris var. alba Agnus-castus vulgaris Carrière, var. alba (Weston) Carrière, Rev. Hort. 42: 415. 1871.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. alba Weston 1770. 
Vitex agnus Vitex agnus Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 413. 1812, nom. illegit.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus 1753. 
Vitex agnus var. integerrima Vitex agnus Stokes, var. integerrima Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 413. 1812, nom. inadmiss.Vitex agnus Stokes 1812, nom. illegit.; Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus 1753. 
Vitex agnus-castus var. alba Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. alba Weston, Bot. Univ. 1: 311. 1770.  
Vitex agnus-castus var. caerulea Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. caerulea Rehder, in L. H. Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1947. 1902.  
Vitex agnus-castus var. laciniosa Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. laciniosa Cesati et al., Comp. Fl. Ital. 327. 1874.  
Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. latifolia (Miller) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1286. 1838.Vitex latifolia Miller 1768. 
Vitex agnus-castus var. typica Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. typica Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 510. 1891, nom. inadmiss.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus 1753 
Vitex laciniosa Vitex laciniosa (Cesati et al.) Arcangeli, Comp. Fl. Ital. 886. 1882, non Turczaninow 1863.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus, var. laciniosa Cesati et al. 1874. 
Vitex latifolia Vitex latifolia Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.  
Vitex lupinifolia Vitex lupinifolia Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 106. 1796, nom. illegit.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus 1753. 
Vitex verticillata Vitex verticillata Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 2: 363. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Calhoun, Coffee, Conecuh, Elmore, Etowah, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Pike, St. Clair, Talladega

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_23949 Elmore 26 Jun 1971 Geno, Connie
025		 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
UWAL0013459 Marengo 11 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3631		 UWAL
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22234 Lee 19 May 1970 Wood, Kerry
155		 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
UNA00073746 Marengo 11 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3631		 UNA
Vitex agnus-castus L.
AUA_ACC_30484 Lee 29 Jun 1971 Anderson, Robert
046		 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
JSU128663 Talladega 6 Sep 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3300		 JSU
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
TROY000050168 Pike 19 May 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29278		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linneaus
TROY000044225 Conecuh 24 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27507		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22412 Lee 26 Jun 1970 Hopson, George R.
.006		 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
UWAL0047222 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1281		 UWAL
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
UWAL0005406 Montgomery 14 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22112		 UWAL
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_594 Lee 29 Jun 1955 Anonymous
 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
TROY000032866 Montgomery 14 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22112		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_11221 Lee 20 Jun 1963 Rogers, Ken E.
 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
UWAL0039292 Conecuh 24 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27507		 UWAL
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
TROY000009660 Lee 13 Aug 1980 Hocking, George M.
504		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
JSU128662 St. Clair 10 Jul 1969 Ellard, Jerry
s.n.		 JSU
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
JSU128660 Calhoun 2 Jul 1969 Smith, Doris
s.n.		 JSU
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
UWAL0039192 Coffee 09 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28628		 UWAL
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
TROY000047534 Coffee 09 Nov 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28628		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17178 Lee 25 Jun 1969 Floyd, Jr., John A.
025		 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
TROY000047780 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1281		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22344 Macon 25 May 1970 Williams, S.A.
170		 AUA
Vitex Agnus-Castus L.
TROY000044891 Marengo 11 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3631		 TROY
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
UWAL0050074 Pike 19 May 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29278		 UWAL
Vitex agnus-castus Linneaus
JSU128661 Etowah 12 Aug 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4308		 JSU
Vitex agnus-castus Linnaeus
ALNHS00003582 Baldwin 27 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2011		 ALNHS
Vitex agnus-castus L.
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