Talk:Phyla (genus)

Other "Lippia" species

Oregano says:

"Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens (Verbenaceae) is closely related to lemon verbena. It is a highly studied herb that is said to be of some medical use and is common in curandera female shamanic practices in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Mexican oregano has a very similar flavour to oregano, but is usually stronger. It is becoming more commonly sold outside of Mexico, especially in the United States. It is sometimes used as a substitute for epazote leaves ; this substitution would not work the other way round.

Several other plants are also known as oregano in various parts of Mexico, including ... Lippia berlandieri ...."

I am not a botanist. Do we want to add mention of these to Phyla (genus)? -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 20:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, Lippia graveolens is the currently accepted name: [1] [2]. I think Lippia berlandieri is a non-accepted name for the same species ([3] and many websites and papers) but I'm not as sure about that part. Kingdon (talk) 21:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Disputed

Check whether Lippia is formally a junior synonym of this genus or of e.g. Aloysia, and if latter fix redirect. Add synonymy to taxobox. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 01:47, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

I can find no evidence that Lippia is a junior synonym of Phyla. Lippia continues to be used in books and articles published after 2006, when the Lippia article was created as a redirect to Phyla. While it is true some species in Lippia have been moved to Phyla, that is not the case for the entire genus.TDogg310 (talk) 23:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I went ahead and wrote the article on Lippia. All issues previously mentioned on this talk page have been addressed, so I removed the disputed tag.--TDogg310 (talk) 01:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)