Volkameria aculeata

Volkameria aculeata
Volkameria aculeata

Taxonavigation edit

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: Volkameria aculeata

Name edit

Volkameria aculeata L. (1753)

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl., Linnaea 6: 750 (1831).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 500 (1864), comb. illeg.
    • Ovieda aculeata (L.) Baill., Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 11: 95 (1891).
    • Ovieda aculeata (L.) Hitchc., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 118 (1893), comb. illeg.
  • Heterotypic
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. acutifolium Kereszty, Acta Bot. Hung. 36(1–4): 45 (1991).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. lanceolatum Kereszty, Acta Bot. Hung. 36(1–4): 48 (1991).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. mucronatum Kereszty, Acta Bot. Hung. 36(1–4): 45 (1991).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. orientale Kereszty, Acta Bot. Hung. 36(1–4): 48 (1991).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. rotundatum Kereszty, Acta Bot. Hung. 36(1–4): 48 (1991).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum var. gracile Griseb. ex Moldenke, Caribbean Forest. 2(1): 13 (-14) (1940).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum var. grandifolium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 505 (1891).
    • Clerodendrum aculeatum var. parvifolium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 505 (1891).
    • Clerodendrum duckei Moldenke, Phytologia 1: 444 (1940).
    • Clerodendrum ternifolium Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 244 (1818).
    • Clerodendrum ternifolium var. mexiae Moldenke, Phytologia 1: 460 (1940).
    • Clerodendrum ternifolium var. serratifolium Moldenke, Phytologia 51: 163 (1982).
    • Clerodendrum ternifolium var. velutinosum Moldenke, Phytologia 33: 129 (1976).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Ecuador
    • Regional: Central America
      • Honduras
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
    • Introduced into:
      • Benin, Bermuda, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Mali, Northern Territory, Togo

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Prayer Berry, Prickly Myrtle
español: Botón de Oro, Uña de Gato
français: Amourette, Thé Bord de Mer
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