85. Verbena stricta Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv.: tab. 53. 1801.

Lectotypus (designated here): UNITED STATES. Illinois: Michaux s.n. (G [G00341491]!; isolecto-: G [G00341489]!, P [P00307087, P00650837]!, P-MICH [P00307085]!).

Notes. – The name Verbena stricta has been validated on the basis of a Michaux collection from Illinois cultivated in Cels’s garden. Material collected by Michaux exists in Ventenat’s herbarium and cultivated material from the garden of Cels is extant in G-DC [G00657716]. We designate here the Michaux collection at G as the lectotype as it is in a better state of conservation and represented by two duplicates in P and one in P-MICH respectively. The latter specimen is also the holotype of the illeg. name Verbena rigens Michx. O’Leary et al. (2010) give as type for V. rigens a specimen sine coll. in P that they have not seen; their typification cannot be accepted.