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Lantana rhodesiensis

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Name

Identification
Lantana rhodesiensis Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Onochie, C. F. A., 1958
Related name
  • Lippia kituiensis
  • Lantana salvifolia
  • Lantana ukambensis
  • Lantana viburnoides
  • Lantana milne-redheadi
  • Lantana rhodesiensis
  • Lippia ukambensis
  • Lantana mearnsii
  • Lantana subtracta
Common name
  • (Guinea-Bissau) ordenhande (JDES; EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ba mbiri (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • a-ngσrὲnd (FG&G) (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • wale (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • sindikamba (K&B) ‘ (IVORY COAST, MANDING-DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ’ nanalékalé (K&B) (IVORY COAST, SENUFO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Lantana rhodesiensis Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Lantana rhodesiensis Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE], in Phytologia 3: 269 (1960).
Lantana viburnoides [family VERBENACEAE], of F.T.A5: 276, partly, not of (Forsk.) Yahl
Lantana salvifolia [family VERBENACEAE], of F.T.A5: 276, partly; F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 269, partly, not of Jacq
Lantana mearnsii var. latibracteolata Moldenke [family VERBENACEAE], in Phytologia 2: 313 (1947).
Information
A woody herb ofopen grassland, 1-6 ft. high with leaves in threes or occasionally opposite; peduncles short; flowers minute usually magenta or purple; fruits crimson or purple.
Habitat
open grassland
Range
Widely distributed in the savanna regions of tropical Africa
Distribution
Port. G.: Pirada (June) Esp. Santo 3023!Guin.: Timbo (fl. & fr. Oct.) Jac.-Fél. 1876!S. L.: Yetaya (Sept.) Thomas 2438! Kanya (fl. Oct.) Thomas 303! Bintumane (fl. Jan.) Glanville 461! Musaia (fl. Apr.) Deighton 4589!Ghana: Accra Plains (fl. & fr. Mar.) Howes 1132! Nchenenchene to Kwahu Tafo (fl. 8 fr. May) Kitson 1151! Damongo (fl. 8 fr. July) Andoh 5205! Prang (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Darko WACRI 989! Salaga Krause! Dalz. 56!N. Nig.: Nupe Barter 1286! Lokoja (Oct.) Parsons 11! 122! Jos Plateau Batten-Poole 177! 318! Anara F.R., Zaria (May) Keay FHI 22938! Abinsi (Mar.) Dalz. 695! Biu, Bornu (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Noble 14!S. Nig.: Lagos Dawodu in Hb. MacGregor 182! Olokemeji (Apr.) Savory UCI 87!
Notes
[The following specimens should probably be assigned to this species though differing somewhat in their rather larger, paler (pink or mauve) flowers and in their smaller floral bracts: Ghana: Assuantsi Road (fl. & fr. Jan.) Fishlock 27! Adaiso (fl. & fr. Nov.) Morton 6147! Amedzofe (fl. Nov.) Morton GC 9383! N. Nig.: Jos Plateau (July) Lely P358! Pankshin (fl. & fr. July) Lely 431! S. Nig.: Shaki, Oyo (fl. & fr. Nov.) Olorunfemi FHI 40306! [Br.] Cam.: Vogel Peak, Adamawa (fl. & fr. Dec.) Hepper 1536! Hybrids occur in the genus, and it is just possible that some of these aberrant specimens may be of hybrid origin, a possibility which should be borne in mind by collectors-R.D.M.]

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