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, 2^nd 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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