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Lantana camara
(Verbenaceae)

lantana, red sage, shrub verbena, wild sage, yellow sage

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Images Herbarium specimens Distribution Cited as invasive (on a list) Where to see this species
Books Full-text articles Bibliography Other resources  


Species description or overview

Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Lantana camara information from PIER
Information on Lantana camara as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Lantana camara
Nomenclatural information about Lantana camara is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Lantana camara
Nomenclatural information about Lantana camara is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Lantana camara
Nomenclatural information about Lantana camara is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Pest alerts

Lantana pest alert View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format  new posting 
Lanana is the featured "Weed of the Week" on the radio program sponsored by Kauai Community Radio and the Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC). This pest alert is available on KISC's "Weed of the Week" site.


Impacts

Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Lantana (Lantana camara) Weed of the Week radio program transcript View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format  new posting 
Lantana (Lantana camara ) is the featured "Weed of the Week" on the radio program sponsored by Kauai Community Radio and the Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC). This transcript describes the impacts of lantana on Kauai.

Lantana camara (Verbenaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Lantana camara as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Control methods

Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).


Images

Images of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) (lantana)
Links to high-resolution free images of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) (lantana) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Lantana camara
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Lantana camara images by PT
Lantana camara images are presented online by Maui photographer Philip Thomas and are freely available for noncommercial use.

Lantana camara images from PIER
Images of Lantana camara provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Herbarium specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Lantana camara from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Lantana camara from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.


Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Lantana camara
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Lantana camara as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).


Cited as invasive (on a list)

2007 FLEPPC invasive plant list View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 2007 List of Invasive Plant Species focus includes adverse effects exotic pest plants have on Florida's biodiversity and plant communities.


Where to see this species

A nature walk to Kaena Point
Arrigoni, Edward. 1978. A nature walk to Kaena Point. Honolulu: Topgallant Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN: 0-914916-30-0. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).


Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

A nature walk to Kaena Point
Arrigoni, Edward. 1978. A nature walk to Kaena Point. Honolulu: Topgallant Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN: 0-914916-30-0. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).


Full-text articles

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).


Bibliography

References for Lantana camara  new posting 
Bibliographic references for Lantana camara are provided by HEAR.


Other resources

Lantana camara as an invasive species (information from TNC)
The Nature Conservancy


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