Clerodendrum paniculatum

Pagoda flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clerodendrum
Species: C. paniculatum
Binomial name
Clerodendrum paniculatum
L.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Caprifolium paniculatum Noronha
  • Cleianthus coccineus Lour. ex B.A.Gomes
  • Clerodendrum pyramidale Andrews
  • Clerodendrum diversifolium Vahl
  • Clerodendrum splendidum Wall. ex Griff.
  • Volkameria angulata Lour.
  • Volkameria diversifolia Vahl

The pagoda flower, (Clerodendrum paniculatum), also known as hanuman kireetam, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum.[3] It is native to tropical Asia and Papuasia (southern China including Taiwan, Indochina, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Philippines, Bismarck Archipelago). It is reportedly naturalized in India, Fiji, French Polynesia, and Central America.[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-42921
  3. ↑ Flowers of India
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 36 圆锥大青 yuan chi da qing Clerodendrum paniculatum Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 90. 1767.
  5. ↑ Smith, A.C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 5: 1-626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  6. ↑ Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  7. ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  8. ↑ Vikraman, R.R., Pandurangan, A.G. & Thulasidas, G. (2008). A study on the garden escaped exotics of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 765-781.
  9. ↑ Wearn, J.A. & Mabberley, D.J. (2011). Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in Borneo. Systematic Botany 36: 1050-1061.
  10. ↑ Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..


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