Verbreitung von Iridoiden in der Gattung Verbena und einigen anderen Verbenoideae / Iridoids in Verbena and Some Other Verbenoideae

Abstract

12 species of the genus Verbena and one Citharexylum species have been examined for iridoids. Besides the known compounds verbenaline, hastatoside, griselinoside, lamiide, ipolamiide and brasoside, two new iridoids, pulchelloside I (1) [2] and pulchelloside II (2) [3] have been isolated from Verbena species. The structures and absolute configurations of pulchelloside I and II have been determined by spectroscopical methods and some chemical reactions. Citharexylum solanaceum has been shown to contain lamiide and durantoside I. The distribution of the iridoids is in excel­ lent agreement with the taxonomic treatment of the genus Verbena by Schauer. The taxonomic significance of our data and some data from the literature regarding the classification of the sub­ family Verbenoideae is discussed.