Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lantana peduncularis
supirosa endemica, lantana endémica, Galapagos lantana
A shrub with crowns of beautiful white flowers. In the dry season the plant loses its leaves, returning with fresh foliage and flowers when the rains begin.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Lantana
Species
peduncularis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lantana peduncularis var. macrophylla Moldenke, L. peduncularis var. peduncularis Andersson fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Hooker (1847) as Lantana canescens and L. recta fide Wiggins & Porter (1971).
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lantana peduncularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1052. Accessed 31 October 2026.