Characteristics
Dicots
Duranta erecta L.
GOLDEN DEWDROPS
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Hiern (1877) was apparently the one to establish Duranta erecta as the accepted name and D. repens as its subsumed synonym (see Munir 1995). Sanders (2001) mentioned the possibility of it being native to south Florida and also as an escape from early cultivation. Others have treated it as native (e.g. Arnold 1937). Among early collections, there is a cultivated specimen from Columbia Co. in 1904 (FLAS). Substantiative evidence of extant native populations is wanting. Sanders (2001) stated it was naturalized in Texas and California.
Not Native
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Classification
Citation
DURANTA ERECTA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 637. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: Plumier, Pl. Amer. t. 79. 1756). Lectotypified by Caro, Revista Argent. Agron. 23: 6. 1956.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
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Brevard
USF
Escambia
FSU
Hillsborough
USF
Lee
FLAS
Miami-Dade
USF
Monroe Keys
GH
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Duranta angustifolia
Duranta angustifolia Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 108. 1796, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Ellisia acuta Linnaeus 1759.
Duranta dentata
Duranta dentata Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 142. 1806.
Duranta ellisia
Duranta ellisia Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 26. 1760, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Ellisia acuta Linnaeus 1759.
Duranta erecta var. alba
Duranta erecta Linnaeus, var. alba (Masters) Caro, Revista Argent. Agron. 23: 11. 1956.
BASIONYM: Duranta plumieri Jacquin, var. alba Masters 1888.
Duranta erecta var. grandiflora
Duranta erecta Linnaeus, var. grandiflora (Moldenke) Caro, Revista Argent. Agron. 23: 10. 1956.
BASIONYM: Duranta repens Linnaeus, var. grandiflora Moldenke 1941.
Duranta integrifolia
Duranta integrifolia Todaro, Nuov. Gen. Sp. 27. 1860.
Duranta latifolia
Duranta latifolia Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 108. 1796, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Duranta erecta Linnaeus 1753.
Duranta microphylla
Duranta microphylla Desfontaines, Tabl. Ecole Bot., ed. 3. 392. 1829.
Duranta parviflora
Duranta parviflora Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(2): 210. 1863.
TYPE: CUBA: Santiago de Cuba: Near Satadero [Saltadero], s.d., Linden 1733 (holotype: KW; isotype: GENT).
Duranta peruviana var. longipedicellata
Duranta peruviana Moldenke, var. longipedicellata Moldenke, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 502. 1941.
TYPE: PERU: Cuzco: Machu Pichu, valley of the Urubamba, Oct 1931, Herrera 3209 (holotype: F).
Specimens and Distribution
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