Verbenaceae
Lantana

Lantana viburnoides (Forssk.) Vahl

First published in Symb. Bot. 1: 45 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 276, partly.
  • Symb. Bot. 1: 45 (1790)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 61 : 196 (1989).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 276 (1900) pro parte.
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 40 (1992).
  • Mitt. Inst. Bot. Hamb. 10 : 215 (1939).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.

Flora of Somalia

  • Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 61: 125–214 (1989).
  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 276 (1900), pro parte excl. specim. cit.
  • Blatter in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8: 363 (1921).
  • Collenette, Fl. Saudi Arabia: 495 (1985).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 587 (1961).
  • R. Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 61: 196, t. 15–18 (1989).
  • Schwartz in Mitt. Inst. Bot. Hamb. 10: 215 (1939).
  • Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 45 (1790).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Kasmi, S.M.A. [5685] Somalia K000479756 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Kuchar, P. [17791] Somalia K000479755 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Kuchar, P. [17555] Somalia K000479754 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Kuchar, P. [16977] Somalia K000479753 Yes
Dillon, Q. [s.n.] Ethiopia K000379336 Type Yes
Schimper [257] Ethiopia K000379386 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burton [s.n.] Congo, Republic of the K000379387 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images