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Duranta
Duranta is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains 17 species of shrubs and small trees that are native from southern Florida to Mexico and South America. They are commonly cultivated as hedges and ornamental plants.
Duranta is registered as an invasive weed by many councils of Australia. It is a prolific, fast growing weed that is spread by birds from domestic areas to natural reserves. It was introduced and marketed as a hedge plant some years ago. Many people now fight to keep this thorny pest under control. It is highly ranked in the most invasive weeds in Australia. [1]
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Skyflower
speciesDuranta erecta
Duranta mutisii
speciesDuranta mutisii
Duranta triacantha
speciesDuranta triacantha
Duranta arida
speciesDuranta arida
Duranta armata
speciesDuranta armata
Duranta serratifolia
speciesDuranta serratifolia
Duranta vestita
speciesDuranta vestita
Duranta dombeyana
speciesDuranta dombeyana
Duranta dickinsonii
speciesDuranta dickinsonii
Duranta costaricensis
speciesDuranta costaricensis
Duranta stenostachya
speciesDuranta stenostachya
Duranta obtusifolia
speciesDuranta obtusifolia
Duranta penlandii
speciesDuranta penlandii
Duranta rupestris
speciesDuranta rupestris
Duranta mandonii
speciesDuranta mandonii
Duranta lineata
speciesDuranta lineata
Duranta woronowii
speciesDuranta woronowii
Duranta steyermarkii
speciesDuranta steyermarkii
Duranta sprucei
speciesDuranta sprucei
Duranta neblinensis
speciesDuranta neblinensis
Duranta peruviana
speciesDuranta peruviana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 157164.