Lantana montevidensis

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Family Verbenaceae

Taxonomy: Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Camara montevidensis (Spreng.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Camara sellowiana (Link & Otto) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Lantana delicatissima Poit. (taxonomic synonym)
Lantana sellowiana Link & Otto (taxonomic synonym)
Lippia megapotamica Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
Lippia montevidensis Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 41 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2); pyrene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 19 mm (8-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.62 cm (0.1-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); oblong (1); ovate (2); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); decumbent (2); dense (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	13	18	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	8	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.