Natural occurrences Verbascoside can be found in species in all the families of the order
Lamiales (syn. Scrophulariales). Only two examples are known from outside the order, in the clade
Asterids. ; in the Lamiales In the family
Lamiaceae, it can be found in the medicinal plants in the genus
Phlomis, in the
Scrophulariaceae, in
Verbascum phlomoides,
Verbascum mallophorum, or, in the family
Buddlejaceae, in
Buddleja globosa or
Buddleja cordata, in the family
Bignoniaceae, in
Pithecoctenium sp and
Tynanthus panurensis, in the family
Orobanchaceae, in
Cistanche sp and
Orobanche rapum-genistae, in the
Plantaginaceae, in
Plantago lanceolata, in
Verbenaceae, in
Verbena officinalis (common vervain),
Aloysia citrodora (lemon verbena) and
Lantana camara, in the
Oleaceae, in
Olea europaea (
olive), in the
Lentibulariaceae, in the carnivorous plant
Pinguicula lusitanica, and notably
apiosides in
Verbascum sp.
In in vitro cultures It can also be produced in
plant cell cultures of
Leucosceptrum sp (
Lamiaceae) and
Syringa sp (
Oleaceae). It can also be produced in
hairy roots cultures of
Paulownia tomentosa (empress tree,
Paulowniaceae). == Biological activity ==