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Lantana involucrata

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID643fe061c7975036431888
Scientific name Lantana involucrata
Authority L.
First published in Cent. Pl. II : 22 (1756)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Lantana involucrata is sold as a whole‑plant ornamental shrub in the horticultural trade, both as potted plants and as rooted cuttings for garden landscaping.

Industrial and craft applications:
The species is employed in coastal erosion control and dune restoration projects. Its fibrous root system stabilises sandy soils, and its high salt tolerance makes it suitable for vegetation on storm‑prone shorelines. The live plant is used as a bio‑engineered component in habitat‑restoration programmes.

Properties relevant to use:
L. involucrata tolerates soil NaCl concentrations up to approximately 300 mM, a level that enables its establishment on saline coastal sites. It possesses a dense, evergreen canopy that provides year‑round ground cover, and drought resistance supported by xerophytic leaf morphology and efficient water‑use efficiency. The plant’s low stature (0.5–2 m) and moderate growth rate make it easy to maintain in cultivated settings.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Native to the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, and northern South America, L. involucrata is cultivated by native‑plant nurseries without harvesting from wild populations. It is not listed as invasive in its native range, and commercial propagation relies on cultivated stock, thereby minimising impact on natural populations and supporting local economies.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Lantana arubensis Moldenke Caribbean Forester 2: 15 (1940)
Lantana incana Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 371 (1841)
Lantana involucrata f. candida Fosberg Rhodora 78: 113 (1976)
Lantana involucrata var. floridana Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 308 (1860)
Lantana involucrata var. kuhnholtziana Stehlé Ann. École Natl. Agric. Montpellier 29: 11 (1954)
Lantana involucrata f. leucocarpa Moldenke Phytologia 39: 424 (1978)
Lantana involucrata var. odorata (L.) Moldenke Phytologia 2: 53 (1941)
Lantana involucrata f. rubella Moldenke Phytologia 14: 324 (1967)
Lantana involucrata var. socorrensis Moldenke Phytologia 49: 431 (1981)
Lantana involucrata var. velutina Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 11: 172 (1936)
Lantana lanuginosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 3 (1768)
Lantana odorata L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12 , 2: 418 (1767)
Lantana odorata var. berlandieri Torr. in Emory Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 128 (1858)
Lantana parvifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 107 (1796)
Lantana recta [Soland.] Linnaea 7(1): 125. 1832
Camara involucrata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 504 (1891)
Lantana involucrata var. berlandieri Torr. Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 128. 1859
Lantana involucrata f. kuhnholtziana Stehlé Ann. École Natl. Agric. Montpellier 29: 11 (1954)
Lantana parvifolia Raf. Herb. Raf. : 21 (1833)
Lantana reticulata Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 82 (1838)
Lantana recta Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 351 (1789)

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Language Common/alternative name
English buttonsage
Arabic لانتانا قنابية

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexican Pacific Islands
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000223194
Florida Plant Atlas 3639
USDA Plants LAIN2
Tropicos 33700780
INPN 630004
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135206-2
The Plant List kew-108098
Open Tree Of Life 812019
Observations.org 198754
NCBI Taxonomy 925351
Nature Serve 2.160640
IUCN Red List 192142423
IPNI 135206-2
iNaturalist 133331
iNaturalist 241238
GBIF 2925313
Freebase /m/0zrn_1_
EPPO LANIN
EOL 579776
Elurikkus 335249
USDA GRIN 438425
Wikipedia Lantana_involucrata

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
A review of the melliferous flora of Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, on the basis for the honey production cycle Zúñiga-Díaz D, Cetzal-Ix W, López-Castilla H, Noguera-Savelli E, Tamayo-Cen I, Martínez-Puc JF, Basu SK J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10964660
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00681-0
PMID:38528551
Larvicidal and Adulticidal Activity of Essential Oils from Four Cuban Plants against Three Mosquito Vector Species García-Díaz J, Souto RN, Escalona-Arranz JC, Ferreira RM, Da Costa TS, González-Fernández R, Heredia-Díaz Y, Chil-Núñez I, de la Vega J, Monzote L, Queiroz MM, Setzer WN Plants (Basel) 29-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708165
doi:10.3390/plants12234009
PMID:38068644
Vascular Plant Species Inventory of Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park: Awareness of Alien Invaders as a Sine Qua Non Prerequisite for Island Conservation Domínguez-Meneses A, Martínez-Gómez JE, Mejía-Saulés T, Acosta-Rosado I, Stadler S Plants (Basel) 30-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10575041
doi:10.3390/plants12193455
PMID:37836194
Responses of Caribbean Mangroves to Quaternary Climatic, Eustatic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: A Review Rull V Plants (Basel) 13-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9786987
doi:10.3390/plants11243502
PMID:36559614
Use of Cheminformatics to Determine Potential Drug Interactions between Popular Barbadian Botanical Medicines and Antihypertensive Drugs Evadgian A, Bharatha A, Cohall D ACS Omega 30-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9753521
doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c02446
PMID:36530331
Rainfall and habitat interact to affect the condition of a wintering migratory songbird in The Bahamas Akresh ME, King DI, Marra PP Ecol Evol 27-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6662339
doi:10.1002/ece3.5359
PMID:31380070
Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks Wanzala W Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 17-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5536150
doi:10.1155/2017/8647919
PMID:28798806
Temporal Dynamics of Arthropods on Six Tree Species in Dry Woodlands on the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico Beltrán W, Wunderle JM Jr J Insect Sci 01-Jan-2014
PMCID:PMC4684682
doi:10.1093/jisesa/ieu061
PMID:25502036
Antitumor agents. 233. Lantalucratins A-F, new cytotoxic naphthoquinones from Lantana involucrata. Hayashi K, Chang FR, Nakanishi Y, Bastow KF, Cragg G, McPhail AT, Nozaki H, Lee KH J Nat Prod 01-Jun-2004
doi:10.1021/NP030450F
PMID:15217280

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Colensane and clerodane diterpenoids
Methyl 5-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-4-hydroxy-5,6-dimethyl-1,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydrocyclopropa[j]naphthalene-1a-carboxylate 73821417 Click to see 344.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Quinone and hydroquinone lipids / Vitamin K compounds
(-)-Lantalucratin F 163184331 Click to see 334.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
2-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyl]-3,5-dimethoxynaphthalene-1,4-dione 162863669 Click to see 302.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
5,6-Dihydroxy-3-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyl)-2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene-1,4-dione 135436606 Click to see CC(=C)C(CC1=C(C(=O)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2C1=O)O)O)OC)OC)O 334.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
8-hydroxy-2-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyl]-3,5-dimethoxynaphthalene-1,4-dione 162913456 Click to see CC(=C)C(CC1=C(C(=O)C2=C(C=CC(=C2C1=O)O)OC)OC)O 318.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Lantalucratin D 11426608 Click to see CC(=C)C(CC1=C(C(=O)C2=C(C1=O)C=CC=C2OC)OC)O 302.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Lantalucratin E 11359041 Click to see 318.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthofurans
(2R)-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran-4,9-dione 101671141 Click to see 240.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
(2R)-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione 92173455 Click to see CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C3=CC=CC=C3C(=O)C2=O 240.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
(2R)-6-hydroxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione 102222645 Click to see CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C(=CC=C3)O)C(=O)C2=O 256.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
(2R)-6-methoxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione 102222643 Click to see 270.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
(2R)-7-hydroxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione 132934414 Click to see 256.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
(2S)-6-hydroxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione 102222644 Click to see 256.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
(2S)-7-hydroxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione 132580537 Click to see 256.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
2-Isopropenyl-2,3-dihydronaphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione 364109 Click to see CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3C2=O 240.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Lantalucratin A 10265126 Click to see 270.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Lantalucratin B 10060948 Click to see 256.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Lantalucratin C 10264372 Click to see CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C=C(C=C3)O)C(=O)C2=O 256.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Q 22 2,3-Dihydro-2-(1-methylethenyl)naphtho(1,2-B)furan-4,5-dione 4301570 Click to see 240.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F

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