Taxon: Lantana camara L.

• conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) through conservation of the genus Lantana
• non Lantana camara hort. (= L. strigocamara R. W. Sanders)

See also subordinate taxa:

• Lantana camara subsp. aculeata (no accessions)

Common names:

• wild sage   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• cambará-de-cheiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cambará-de-chumbo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cambará-de-espinho   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cambará-juba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cambará-miúdo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cambará-verdadeiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cambarazinho   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• erva-de-grilo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• lantana-cambará   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• verbena-arbustiva   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.; Lampe & McCann; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Lantana camara from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Colombia

References:

• Abbiw, D. K. 1990. Useful plants of Ghana. (Use Pl Ghana)
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. (F EntreR)
• Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965–1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. (F BuenAir)
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas. (F Guianas)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
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• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 12(1):341.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. (Noxweed Aust)
• Sanders, R. W. 2006. Taxonomy of Lantana sect. Lantana (Verbenaceae): I. Correct application of Lantana camara and associated names. Sida 22:381–421. [applies this name only to native plants in neotropics].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lantana camara.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lantana camara. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Lantana aculeata L. [≡ Lantana camara subsp. aculeata]
  

Check other databases for Lantana camara L.:

• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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