Contains 9 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
LANTANA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 626. 1753.
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TYPE: Lantana camara Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton, Fl. Bermuda 314. 1918.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantana canescens | HAMMOCK SHRUBVERBENA | Native Rare-State | ||
| Lantana depressa var. depressa | ROCKLAND SHRUBVERBENA; PINELAND LANTANA | Native Rare-State | ||
| Lantana depressa var. floridana | Native Rare-State | |||
| Lantana depressa var. sanibelensis | Native Rare-State | |||
| Lantana involucrata | BUTTONSAGE | Native | ||
| Lantana montevidensis | TRAILING SHRUBVERBENA | Not Native | ||
| Lantana strigocamara | LANTANA; SHRUBVERBENA | Not Native FACU (NWPL) Y | ||
| Lantana x floridana | Not Native | |||
| Lantana x rubra | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Inflorescence bracts ovate to lanceolate
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1. Inflorescence bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate
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2. Leaf blade margin coarsely crenate to dentate; corolla tube 8-10 mm long
2. Leaf blade margin finely crenate, finely serrate, or subentire; corolla tube 4-6 mm long
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3. Leaf apex acute
3. Leaf apex rounded
4. Stems without prickles; leaf blades generally light green (when fresh), often involute, (1.5)1.7-2.5(3) times longer than wide, corollas fairly uniformly colored within each inflorescence, yellow to yellow-orange from bud, opening, and to the older flowers, occasionally the outermost ring of flowers turning a dark orangeish
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4. Stems often with prickles, the prickles sometimes weak and sparse, sometimes prickles absent; leaf blades generally dark green (when fresh), mostly plane, 1–1.7(1.9) times longer than wide; corollas a mixture of contrasting colors within each inflorescence, differently colored from bud, opening, and/or to the older flowers, rarely the corollas nearly uniform in color, colors of the corolla may include various combinations and intergradations of white, yellow, orange, pink, to reddish orange
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5. Stems prostrate to decumbent, 0.1-0.3(0.6) m tall; leaf blades 1-3(4.5) cm long, mostly 3-10 teeth per side; fruit mostly 3-4 mm wide
5. Stems mostly erect to ascending, sometimes spreading or partly clambering, 0.5-2(3) m tall; leaf blades 3-6.5 cm long, mostly 8-15 teeth per side; fruit mostly 4–5 mm wide
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6. Young stems glabrate, pubescent to moderately antrorsely pilose, the trichomes to 1.0(1.3) mm long
6. Young stems densely spreading to antrorsely pilose, the trichomes to 2.0 mm long
7. Larger blades usually >4 cm wide, mostly 1–1.5 times longer than wide, the base usually cordate, truncate, to subacute, usually shortly and narrowly cuneate into the petiole, usually not nigrescent upon drying
7. Larger blades usually <4 cm wide, mostly 1.4–1.7 times longer than wide, the base acute to subtruncate, often gradually tapering from the outer blade base margin to the petiole, younger ones sometimes nigrescent upon drying
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8. Shrubs mostly >60 cm tall; stems ascending to erect; larger leaf blades (often more proximal on the stems) usually >2.9 cm long, >1.8 cm wide; peninsular Florida
8. Shrubs mostly <1 m tall; stems spreading to ascending; larger leaf blades (often more proximal on the stems) mostly <4 cm long, <2.2 cm wide; Miami-Dade County
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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| Camara | Camara Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 199. 1763. | TYPE: = Lantana Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Charachera | Charachera Forsskal, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. cxv, 115. 1775. | TYPE: Charachera viburnoides Forsskal | |
| Nashia | Nashia Millspaugh, Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 176. 1906. | TYPE: Nashia inaguensis Millspaugh | |
| Tamonopsis | Tamonopsis Grisebach, Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 246. 1874. | TYPE: Tamonopsis spicata Grisebach |