Lantana camara L.

English: Lantana

German: Wandelroeschen

Mandarin: 马缨丹 (ma ying dan)

Portuguese: Cambará, Lantana

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Lamiales (196)

        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

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

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

Check for Lantana camara at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [291] Lantana camara - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [761] Lantana control manual - Weeds Australia
• [1329] Lantana camara - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.
• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
• [14] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1984): Plants of cropland in Western Samoa with special reference to taro. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.