Lantana camara

Linnaeus

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Common name (English)

Wild-sage

Ηabitat

FA Hedgerows

I2 Parks

X11 Large parks

X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

X10 Mixed landscapes

X21 Archaeological

Global distribution

Aruba 40 1; Aruba 1598 0; Assam 44 1; Assam 236 0; Bahamas 54 1; Bahamas 164 0; Belize 68 1; Belize 202 0; Bermuda 58 1; Bermuda 220 0; Brazil North 154 0; Brazil West-Central 201 0; Cayman Is. 112 1; Cayman Is. 1600 0; Colombia 159 1; Colombia 177 0; Cook Is. 173 1; Cook Is. 1693 0; Costa Rica 175 1; Costa Rica 81 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Dominican Republic 196 1; Dominican Republic 159 0; Ecuador 200 1; Ecuador 78 0; El Salvador 206 1; El Salvador 203 0; Fiji 211 1; Fiji 1694 0; Gilbert Is. 229 1; Gilbert Is. 1990 0; Guatemala 237 1; Guatemala 383 0; Guinea 238 1; Guinea 25 0; Guyana 239 1; Guyana 174 0; Haiti 240 1; Haiti 160 0; Honduras 247 1; Honduras 158 0; India 111 0; Jamaica 289 1; Jamaica 162 0; Kenya 300 1; Kenya 20 0; Leeward Is. 165 0; Mexico Central 170 0; Mexico Gulf 171 0; Mexico Northeast 151 0; Mexico Northwest 152 0; Mexico Southeast 161 0; Mexico Southwest 157 0; Nauru 434 1; Nauru 1740 0; Netherlands Antilles 1602 0; Nicaragua 429 1; Nicaragua 82 0; Niue 439 1; Niue 1741 0; Panam 1604 0; Phoenix Is. 467 1; Phoenix Is. 1736 0; Puerto Rico 472 1; Puerto Rico 163 0; Queensland 474 1; Queensland 72 0; Southwest Caribbean 1603 0; Sri Lanka 514 1; Sri Lanka 232 0; Tonga 548 1; Tonga 1641 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 173 0; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0; Venezuelan Antilles 573 1; Venezuelan Antilles 1601 0; Windward Is. 221 0; Zare 29 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Common in Cyprus gardens & sometimes planted to make an informal hedge - unclear from the Meikle account whether any listed sites are outside gardens.

First detection year

1938

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn

Pathway detail

Introduced during the first years of the British colonialism (1878-1959) (Georgiades 1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2022) New noteworthy records of flowering plants in Cyprus (2019–2021) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 20: 1-10.