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June 2025

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genus

Clerodendrum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 637 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000008593.

Statistics

Status Total %
synonym 304 50%
accepted 251 41%
unplaced 55 9%
Total 610

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Synonyms of Clerodendrum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Torreya Spreng. Neue Entd. 2: 121 (1821) wfo-1200040141
Adelosa Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 176 (1849) wfo-4000000583
Agricolaea Schrank Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 1808: 98 (1808) wfo-4000000978
Archboldia E.Beer & H.J.Lam Blumea 2: 31 (1936) wfo-4000002882
Bellevalia Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. : 198 (1777) wfo-4000004352
Cleianthus Lour. ex B.A.Gomes Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes , n.s., 4(1): 28 (1868) wfo-4000008530
Cryptanthus Osbeck Dagb. Ostind. Resa : 215 (1757) wfo-4000009862
Egena Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 85 (1837) wfo-4000013047
Siphoboea Baill. Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 722 (1888) wfo-4000035497
Siphonanthus L. Sp. Pl. : 109 (1753) wfo-4000035509
Volkmannia Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 48 (1798) wfo-4000040427
Marurang Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 226 (1763) wfo-4000045010
Montalbania Neck. Elem. Bot. 1: 273 (1790) wfo-4000045011
Valdia Boehm. Defin. Gen. Pl. : 39 (1760) wfo-4000045019

Species in Clerodendrum ( showing species 1 to 10 of 251)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Clerodendrum abilioi R.Fern. Mem. Soc. Brot. 30: 7 (1998) wfo-0000626755
Clerodendrum adenocalyx Dop Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 883 (1935) wfo-0000879318
Clerodendrum adenophysum Hallier f. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 37: 66 (1918) wfo-0000879327
Clerodendrum africanum Moldenke Phytologia 1: 416 (1940) wfo-0000879348
Clerodendrum albiflos H.J.Lam Verben. Malay. Archip. : 187 (1919) wfo-0000879379
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Clerodendrum albiflos var. glabrior H.J.Lam Verben. Malay. Archip. : 288 (1919) wfo-1200015299
Clerodendrum alboviolaceum Moldenke Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 77: 392 (1950) wfo-0000879390
Clerodendrum andamanense (Moldenke) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel Bull. Bot. Surv. India 38: 133 (1996 publ. 2001) wfo-0000356978
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Clerodendrum lankawiense var. andamanense Moldenke Phytologia 32: 46 (1975) wfo-0000883342
Clerodendrum angustipetalum Satthaphorn, A.J.Paton & Leerat. Phytotaxa 491: 178 (2021) wfo-1000026131
Clerodendrum anomalum Letouzey Adansonia , n.s., 14: 225 (1974) wfo-0000879478
Clerodendrum apayaoense Quisumb. Philipp. J. Sci. 41: 343 (1930) wfo-0000879489

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 10 of 75)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Clerodendrum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Clerodendrum acerbiana (Vis.) Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 2: 1156 (1876) wfo-0001144363
Clerodendrum acuminatum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1792. 1829 wfo-0000920222
Clerodendrum adenocalyx Dop ex Satthaphorn Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 51(2): 165 2023 wfo-1200095928
Clerodendrum asperatum B.Boivin wfo-0001144323
Clerodendrum aucubifolium Baker Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 87: 102. 1894. (Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew) wfo-0001315791
Clerodendrum balfourianum Massart & al. Mission Biol. Belg. Bresil 1922-23. 1: f. 52 1929 wfo-0001144306
Clerodendrum bodinieri H.Lév. wfo-1000048596
Clerodendrum brazzavillense A.Chev. Sudania i. 62, No. 4138 (1911), nomen. wfo-0001273443
Clerodendrum calamistratum Lem. Jard. Fleur. 4(Misc.): 48 (1854) wfo-0000880079
Clerodendrum capitatum var. cephalanthum (Oliv.) H.Huber Kew Bull. 16: 174 1963 wfo-0001245976