Description originale
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii). Tomus I: 1-560. : 627

 

Taxonomie
Sanders, R. W. 2012. Taxonomy of Lantana sect. Lantana (Verbenaceae): II. Taxonomic revision. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 6(2): 403-441.

 

Distribution : "West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Caymen Is., Bahama Is.), Gulf and Caribbean coast and foot hills of Mexico from Veracruz south to Nicaragua; thorn and sclerophyll shrubland/woodland, thickets, and pine woodland on thin calcareous soils; 0–400 m." (Sanders 2012).