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PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR 



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Lantana scabiosaeflora H.B.K. 



An Andean species known from Azuay, Chimborazo, Guayas, and Loja, Ecua- 

 dor, and from Ancachs, Arequipa, Cajamarca, Huanuco, Libertad, Lima, and Piura, 

 Peru. It is cultivated in Austria and Switzerland. E-1833, E-2561, E-3040. 



Lantana trifolia L. 



An extremely widespread and polymorphic lowland tropical species ranging 

 from Cuba and Mexico through the West Indies and Central America south to Peru, 

 Bolivia, and Tucuman, Argentina, and introduced as a weed in the Comoro and 

 Seychelles Islands, Madagascar, India, Ceylon, Hongkong, Singapore, Sumatra, 

 Java, and Amboina. It is widely cultivated. Most of the continental African ma- 

 terial identified as this species is a related African species, L. mearnsii Mol- 

 denke. E-3745. 



Petrea pubescens var. klugii Moldenke. 



Known only from Santiago-Zamora, Ecuador, and San Martin, Peru. E-1450. 



Phyla strigulosa (Mart. & Gal.) Moldenke. 



A widespread species found from southern Texas and most of Mexico through 

 Central America and from Cuba and the Dominican Republic through the West In- 

 dies to Guayas, Ecuador, Cajamarca, Libertad, and Lima, Peru, and Santa Cruz, 

 Bolivia. E-3549. 



Priva lappulacea (L.) Pers. 



A widespread tropical species found from s outhern Florida and Texas through 

 the West Indies and Central America south to eastern Peru and Bolivia; intro- 

 duced in Java; widely cultivated in Europe and Java. E-3577. 



Verbena demissa Moldenke. 



E. 1851, E. 2510 (TYPE). The species is known thus far only from Azuay and 

 Canar. 



Verbena glabrata H.B.K. 



An Andean species known from Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Chimborazo, Pichincha, 

 and Tunguragua, Ecuador, and Ayacucho, Cuzco, and Lima, Peru, as well as from 

 Albemarle Island in the Galapagos Islands. E-1746. 



Verbena litoralis H.B.K. 



An extremely widely distributed and polymorphic subtropical and tropical weed 

 ranging from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas throughout Central and South Amer- 

 ica; introduced in South Africa, Hawaii, Australia, and parts of Oceanica. E-2495. 



Verbena microphylla H.B.K. 



An Andean species ranging from Azuay, Chimborazo, Leon, and Tunguragua, 

 Ecuador, and Ancachs, Ayacucho, Cuzco, Junfn, Lima, and Puno, Peru, to La 

 Paz and Oruro, Bolivia, and Catamarca, Jujuy, Los Andes, Mendoza, and Tucu- 

 man, Argentina, with a remarkable extension into Uruguay (?). E-2425. 



