Volkameria glabra

Volkameria glabra

Volkameria glabra

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: Volkameria glabra

Name

Volkameria glabra (E.Mey.) Mabb. & Y.W.Yuan, Taxon 59: 132 (2010)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Clerodendrum glabrum E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 273 (1838).
• Homotypic
  • Siphonanthus glaber (E.Mey.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 842 (1900).
• Heterotypic
  • Clerodendrum glabrum var. angustifolium E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 273 (1838).
  • Clerodendrum capense D.Don ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 382 (1840).
  • Clerodendrum capense Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 661 (1847).
  • Clerodendrum ovale Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 257 (1861).
  • Clerodendrum minutiflorum Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 150 (1894).
  • Clerodendrum ovalifolium Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, A: 124 (1895), orth. var.
  • Clerodendrum glabratum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 295 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum rehmannii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 294 (1900).
  • Siphonanthus glaber var. incarnatus Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 842 (1900).
  • Siphonanthus glaber var. vaga Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 842 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum glabrum var. ovale H.Pearson in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5(1): 219 (1901).
  • Clerodendrum somalense Chiov., Agric. Colon. 20: 103 (1926).
  • Premna suaveolens Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 360 (1932).
  • Clerodendrum glabrum var. pubescens B.Thomas, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 77 (1936).
  • Clerodendrum glabrum var. vagum (Hiern) Moldenke, Phytologia 13: 306 (1966).
  • Clerodendrum glabrum var. minutiflorum (Baker) Fosberg, Kew Bull. 33: 143 (1978).
  • Clerodendrum glabrum f. pubescens R.Fern., Mem. Soc. Brot. 30: 11 (1998), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Aldabra, Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Seychelles, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania Introduced into: Bermuda, Guatemala, Hawaii, Sierra Leone References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary 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. 2022. Volkameria glabra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Volkameria glabra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Volkameria glabra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Volkameria glabra. Published online. Accessed: Mar 24 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Volkameria glabra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 Mar 24.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Witblomtontelhout, Tontelhout, Stinkboom, Bitterboom, Bitterblaar, Harpuisblaar, Truitjie-roer-my-nie
English: Natal glorybower, Tinderwood, Cat's whiskers, White cat's whiskers, Verbena tree
Sesotho sa Leboa: Moswaapêba, Mohlokohloko, Motlhokutlhoku
chiShona: Nyakachembere
Setswana: Xinhunwelambeva, Noswaapêba
Tshivenda: Munukha-tshilongwe
isiXhosa: umQwaqwanam, uQangazana, umQangazani, iNunkisiqaqa, umQwaqu
isiZulu: umQoqonga, umQaqongo, umNukalembeba, iFamu, umNukambiba, uPhehlekwathi, uPhehlakwathi

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