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Volkameria heterophylla

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Species of flowering plant

Volkameria heterophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Volkameria
Species: V. heterophylla
Binomial name
Volkameria heterophylla
Poir.
Synonyms
  • Clerodendrum heterophyllum (Poir.) R.Br.
  • Clerodendrum heterophyllum f. angustifolium Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum heterophyllum var. baueri Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum heterophyllum f. baueri (Moldenke) Munir
  • Volkameria angustifolia Andrews

Volkameria heterophylla (common names - bois de chenilles, verveine malgache) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Volkameria of the family Lamiaceae. It is a native to Mauritius and La Réunion.

In La Réunion it is found in the semi-dry forests in the West of the island, between Saint-Paul and Saint-Leu and it reaches a height of 4 meters.

It is naturalised in India, Australia (Western Australia and Queensland), Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel Islands.

References

  1. Aiton, W.T. (1812). "Clerodendrum". Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2 (4): 64.
  2. ^ "Volkameria heterophylla Poir". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ (in French)Cirad:Clerodendrum heterophyllum

External links

Media related to Clerodendrum heterophyllum at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Volkameria heterophylla
Clerodendrum heterophyllum


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