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Taxon

Lantana trifolia L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 626. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 033.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 033.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 031.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 032.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 032.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 029.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 030.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Nandi Hills escarpment, Kapsapet-Kericho rd. 8 Jul 04. 030.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru.  26 Jun 04. 112.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 112.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04.  001.jpg

Lantana trifolia--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 35 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Jawa, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

July 8, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 26, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Brackenhurst Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Verbenaceae

Genus

Lantana

Specific Epithet

trifolia

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#242,842 of 335,497

Top 73%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →