Tropicos | Name - Lantana camara L.

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 8/8/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 8/8/2009)

Flora Reference:

Macbride, J. F. 1960. Verbenaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(5/2): 609–721.

Flora Page: 634

Status: Introduced

Voucher Text: Young & Elsenberg 214A (MO!)

Notes: Sanders (1989) suggests that #L. camara# is introduced in South America. It is likely that many of the references cited here apply to #L. urticifolia# with which it has frequently been confused (Sanders, 1989).ý

Reference:

Sanders, R. W. 1989. Duranta, Lantana. In: Howard, R.A. (ed.). Fl. Lesser Antilles (4): 224–232.

Department: Amazonas, Apurí, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lima, Loreto, Pasco, Piura, San Martín, Ucayali

Elevation: 0-500, 500-1000, 1000-1500

Region: Amazonian, Andean I

Growth Form: shrub

Habitat: disturbed areas