Lamiaceae
Clerodendrum

Clerodendrum formicarum Gürke

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 179 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Tropical Africa. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fernandes, R. & Diniz, M.A. (2005). Avicenniaceae, Nesogenaceae, Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae (subfams, Viticoideae and Ajugoideae). Flora Zambesiaca 8(7): 1-161. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fernandes, R.B. (2006). Contribução para o conhecimento das Avicenniaceae e Verbenaceae da Flora de Angola. Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17(2): 5-68.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2022). Flore du Gabon 58: 1-150. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 5: 297
  • Thomas in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 68: 74 (1936)
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 18: 179 (1893)
  • incl. var. sulcatum B. Thomas in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 68: 74 (1936)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bol. Soc. Brot. 16 : 69 (1899).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68 : 69 (1936).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68 : 73 (1936).
  • Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68 : 74 (1936).
  • Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 637 (1949).
  • Broun & Massey, Fl. Sudan: 353 (1929).
  • Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, no. 75: 41, t. 10 fig. F (1966).
  • Bull. Jard. Bot. État 7 : 167 (1920).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 297 et 516 (1900).
  • F.T.A. 5 : 516 (1900).
  • F.T.E.A., Verbenaceae: 116, fig. 17 (1992).  TAB. 16 .
  • F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 3 : 194 (1956).
  • F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2 : 444 (1963).
  • Hutchinson & Dalziel, F.W.T.A. 2 : 274 (1931).
  • Irvine, Woody Pl. Ghana: 753 (1961).
  • J. Bot. 68 , Suppl. 2 (Gamopet.): 141 (1930).
  • Mildbraed, Wiss. Ergebn. Zweit. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afrika-Exped. 2 : 62 (1922).
  • Phytologia 63 : 49 (1987).
  • R.E. Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped.: 275 (1916).
  • T. & H. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol.: 438 (1909).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 3 : 274, fig. 88/2 (1985).
  • White, For. Fl. N. Rhod.: 367 (1962).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 5: 298, 516 (1900).
  • De Wild. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 7: 167 (1920).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 194 (1956).
  • Gürke in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18: 179 (1893).
  • Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. 16: 69 (1899).
  • Huber in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 444 (1963).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 273 (1931).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 637 (1949).
  • Thomas in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 18: 74 (1936).
  • Thonner, Fl. Pl. Afr., t. 133 (1915).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 3: 274, fig. 88.2 (1985).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schweinfurth [3641] K000192899 Isolectotype Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2612A] Zambia Clerodendrum triplinerve K:SPC-11713.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [8056] Zambia Clerodendrum triplinerve K:SPC-18101.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0