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Taxon: Clerodendrum speciosissimum Van Geert ex C. Morren

Genus: Clerodendrum
Family: Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae) subfamily: Ajugoideae. Also placed in: Verbenaceae
Nomen number: 187
Place of publication: Hort. Belge 3:322, t. 68. 1836
Name verified on: 29-May-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Aug-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Malesia: Indonesia - Java

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated in tropic & warm-temperate regions

References:

  • Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java.
  • Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes. [lists as C. speciosissimum C. Morren].
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Rueda, R. M. 1993. The genus Clerodendrum (Verbenaceae) in Mesoamerica. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:880–881.
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. [= C. buchananii var. fallax (Lindl.) Bakh.].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [lists as C. speciosissimum C. Morren].
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Check other web resources for Clerodendrum speciosissimum Van Geert ex C. Morren:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?187 (22 May 2013)

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