Aloysia citrodora, lemon verbena, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to South America. Other common names include lemon beebrush. It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 17th century and cultivated for its oil.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Aloysia citrodora across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aloysia citrodora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens17
Marker genes5
eDNA detections6
Countries2
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type552 records
Wild obs. + sensor402
Museum / vouchered149
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Native12
Introduced13
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 748 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 176≤1 km 62≤10 km 77>10 km 21
336 georeferenced · 66 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor402
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 7≤1 km 11≤10 km 10>10 km 1
29 georeferenced · 120 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence149
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions28 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
21
South Kensington, GB
11
Córdoba, AR
9
MAlocation not on record
8
Bronx, US
8
San Isidro, AR
5
Brasília, BR
4
Cenargenlocation not on record
4
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record
4
UEMlocation not on record
4
Durango, MX
4
UEPAlocation not on record
3
BISHlocation not on record
3
Valparaíso, CL
3
National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinarian Research, Portugallocation not on record
3
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record
2
Kew, GB
2
BClocation not on record
2
Cascavel, BR
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Pamplona, ES
2
Corrientes, AR
2
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
2
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
2
Wlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Bern, CH
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
1
FUVATESlocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
1
La Paz, BO
1
Denver, US
1
Granada, ES
1
arosemena tola, EC
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
Durban, ZA
1
Guasave, MX
1
UIBlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-SLlocation not on record
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
Pelotas, BR
1
Sucre, BO
1
Lake Charles, US
1
Honolulu, US
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 140 of 149 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Aloysia citrodora was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median17.6 °C 13.6–18.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.3 °C
Max temp (day)22.0 °C 16.4–22.3
Min temp (night)12.1 °C 10.5–15.4
Precipitation81.6 mm/mo 50.1–103
Air humidity61.8 % 60.2–62.2
Vapour deficit811 Pa 601–842
Cloud cover37.8 % 37.4–46.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation16 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility552 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics17 specimens↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗