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Accession Data:

Lantana camara L.

  • Common Name: Lantana
  • Family: Verbenaceae J. St-Hil.
  • Synonym(s): Camara vulgaris Benth.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to Trop. America

  • USDA Zone: 8-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100247
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 10-06-2011
  • Bench: 1320 - NEOA: West Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Lantaneae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Aruba / Bahamas / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Netherlands Antilles / Puerto Rico / Southwest Caribbean / Venezuelan Antilles / Windward Is. / Guyana / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 18 August 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 18 August 2015.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:42:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Lantana camara

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Current Accessions in the Verbenaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Duranteae

  • Duranta stenostachya

Subfamily
Tribe Lantaneae

  • Aloysia gratissima W/C
  • Lantana camara
  • Lantana montevidensis
  • Phyla scaberrima

Subfamily
Tribe Petreae

  • Petrea volubilis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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