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Taxon: Lantana camara L.

Genus: Lantana
Family: Verbenaceae.
Nomen number: 310628
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:627. 1753, nom. cons.
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comments:
  • 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)
Name verified on: 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-May-2007
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

See also subordinate taxa:


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:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • 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)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • 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)
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?310628 (09 February 2010)

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