Lantana involucrata, also known as buttonsage, is a flowering plant found in the American tropics, as well as the Galapagos Islands and Bermuda. Its name comes from the Latin word for the wayfaring tree, which has similar-looking flowers. This plant is commonly found in well-drained areas and belongs to the verbena family.

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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)

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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 click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexican Pacific Islands
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Northwest
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida

Southern America click to expand
- 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

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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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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

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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 CC1CCC23CC2(C=CC(C3C1(C)CCC4=COC=C4)O)C(=O)OC	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 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
2-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-3-methylbut-3-enyl]-3,5-dimethoxynaphthalene-1,4-dione	162863669	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
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 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
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthofurans
(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)-2,3-Dihydro-2-(1-methylethenyl)naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione	101671141	Click to see CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C(=O)C3=CC=CC=C3C2=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 CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C(=CC=C3)OC)C(=O)C2=O	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 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
(2S)-6-hydroxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione	102222644	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
(2S)-7-hydroxy-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione	132580537	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
2-(Prop-1-en-2-yl)-2,3-dihydronaphtho[1,2-b]furan-4,5-dione	4301570	Click to see CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C3=CC=CC=C3C(=O)C2=O	240.25	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 CC(=C)C1CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C(=CC=C3)OC)C(=O)C2=O	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP030450F
Lantalucratin B	10060948	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
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

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Lantana involucrata

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