Verbenaceae
Lantana
Lantana camara

Lantana camara subsp. aculeata (L.) R.W.Sanders

First published in Sida 22: 394 (2006)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Mexico, Caribbean. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A straggling shrub to 1 m tall but frequently less, with strong pungent odour; young branchlets glandular, sparingly pubescent and beset with scattered sharp recurved prickles
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate or broadly ovate, 3–7 cm long, acuminate at the apex, the margins coarsely crenate-serrate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncles up to 6 cm long, thickened toward the apex. Flower- heads ca. 2.5 cm in diameter
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupes blue, ca. 4 mm in diameter.
Distribution
Common on the north side of Cayman Brac, rare on Little Cayman. Little Cayman, Cayman Brac. A wide but uncertain range in the tropics
Ecology
In sandy thickets.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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