Lagerstroemia indica L., 1759
🇬🇧 Crapemyrtle
🇫🇷 Lagerstrœmie d'Inde, Lilas d'Inde, Myrte de crêpe, Petit goyavier fleur
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superrosids
- Clade: Rosids
- Clade: Malvids
- Order: Myrtales
- Family: Lythraceae
- Subfamily: Lagerstroemioideae
- Genus: Lagerstroemia
- Species: Lagerstroemia indica
Presence
Introduced, not established.
Conservation status
- Red List (Global): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with L. speciosa (L.) Martyn, 1798, whose leaves are longer (10-30 cm), while those of L. indica are shorter (3.5-6.5 cm)
Photographs
Sources
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2018). Lagerstroemia indica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136142818A136142820.en
Wunderlin, R.P., Hansen, B.F., Franck, A.R., & Essig, F.B. (2025). Lagerstroemia. Atlas of Florida Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Genus/673