Volkameria

Volkameria inermis as syn. Clerodendrum inerme

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Ajugoideae
Tribus: Clerodendreae
Genus: Volkameria
Species: V. acerbiana – V. aculeata – V. aggregata – V. eriophylla – V. glabra – V. heterophylla – V. inermis – V. ligustrina – V. mollis – V. pittieri

Name

Volkameria L., Sp. Pl. 2: 637 (1753).

• Type species: V. aculeata L.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Douglassia Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754), nom. rej., versus Douglasia Lindl. (1827), nom. cons.
• Heterotypic
  • Cornacchinia Savi, Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. 21: 184 (1837).
  • Huxleya Ewart, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, ser. 2, 25: 109 (1912).
    • Type species: H. linifolia Ewart & B.Rees

Homonyms

• Volkameria P.Browne = Clethra L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya, Tunisia. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Gabon. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Aldabra, Comoros, Mauritius, Mozambique Channel Islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Niue, New Caledonia, Phoenix Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands. Regional: South-Central Pacific Line Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil North. Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 637. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Yuan, Y.W., Mabberley, D.J., Steane, D.A. & Olmstead, R.G. 2010. Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy. Taxon 59(1): 125–133. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Volkameria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 2. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Volkameria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Volkameria. Published online. Accessed: June 2 2014.

Vernacular names

suomi: Velhonpensaat
日本語: ヴォルカメリア属

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