Taxon profile

species

Golden Dewdrops
Duranta erecta L.

kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Lamiales » family Verbenaceae » genus Duranta - duranta

Scientific synonyms

Duranta repens var. acuminata Kuntze
Duranta repens var. acuta Kuntze
Ellisia acuta L.
Duranta repens f. alba Matuda
Duranta plumieri var. alba Mast.
Duranta repens var. alba (Masters) Bailey
Duranta repens f. alba (Mast.) Moldenke
Duranta angustifolia Salisb.
Duranta bonardi Guillard ex Bocq.
Duranta repens var. canescens Moldenke

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Other names

= Duranta
= Golden Duranta
= Pigeonberry
= Sky Flower
= Skyberry

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IUCN category 2024-1:	Least Concern
Data last updated: 2025-03-18 08:59:24

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Intertaxon relationships

consumer (larval stage only): Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856), Coelonia fulvinotata fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)

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Included taxa

Number of records: 4

Hybrids

cultivar Duranta erecta 'Alba'

cultivar Duranta erecta 'Cuban Gold'

cultivar Duranta erecta 'Golden Edge'

cultivar Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers'

Links and literature

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [145351548]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Duranta erecta L.]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024

PLANTS Database [DUER]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [330606-2]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Duranta erecta L.]
Data retrieved on: 11 February 2025

Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [862781-1]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Duranta xalapensis Kunth]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025

C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Duranta erecta L.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Duranta repens L.]
Data retrieved on: 1 April 2020

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