Taxon: Clerodendrum japonicum (Thunb.) Sweet
Genus: Clerodendrum
Family: Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae. Also placed in:
Verbenaceae
Nomen number: 179.
Place of publication: Hort. brit. ed. 1:322. 1826.
Name verified on: 08-Feb-1996 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last updated: 27-Jun-2000.
No species priority site assigned.
NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Economic importance:
- Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard, Hortus 3; F ChinaEng)
- Medicines: folklore (fide F ChinaEng)
Distributional range:
Native:
- Asia-Temperate: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi [s.], Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [s.]; Taiwan
- Asia-Tropical: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Nepal; Vietnam
References:
- H. Hara et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
- Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
- A. R. A. Görts-van Rijn, ed.
1986-. Flora of the Guianas. (F Guianas)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
- A. Huxley, ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
- J. H. Wiersema & B. León.
1999. World economic plants: a standard reference. (World Econ Pl)
Synonyms:
Check other databases for Clerodendrum japonicum:
- W³TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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