VIRBOGA
Home Collections Lists Contact

Common name

English: Lantana

German: Wandelroeschen

Mandarin: 马缨丹 (ma ying dan)

Portuguese: Cambará, Lantana

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Verbenaceae (14)(family description)

          Genus: Lantana (2)

            Epithet: camara L. (1)

Synonyms: Camara vulgaris Benth., Lantana aculeata L., Lantana antillana Raf., Lantana asperata Vis., Lantana crocea Jacq., Lantana glandulosissima Hayek, Lantana mixta Medik., Lantana moritziana Otto & A.Dietr., Lantana sanguinea Medik., Lantana undulata Raf., Lantana urticifolia Mill.

aculeata => with thorns, prickly and pointed

camara => South American vernacular name for a species of Lantana (ref. Lantana camara)

crocea => citron-yellow, saffron-like

glandulosissima => densely covered with glands, very glandular

sanguinea => blood-red

undulata => wavy, with wavy margin

urticifolia => nettle-leaved

vulgaris => common, everyday

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: purple, violet, pink, red, orange, yellow, beige

External links

Check for Lantana camara at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

Search for more