Clerodendrum

See also: clerodendrum

Translingual

Clerodendrum infortunatum

Etymology

Named by Linnaeus in 1753, from Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, fate”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

Proper noun

Clerodendrum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – glorybower, etc, of tropical and warm temperate regions of the world, principally south Asia and Africa.

Synonyms

• (genus): bagflower, bleeding heart

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Ajugoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Clerodendrum infortunatum - type species; Clerodendrum paniculatum, Clerodendrum paniculatum (pagoda flowers)

References

• Clerodendrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clerodendrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clerodendrum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clerodendrum at USDA Plants database
• Clerodendrum at Tropicos
• Clerodendrum at World Register of Marine Species
• Clerodendrum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Clerodendrum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Clerodendrum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Clerodendrum at The Plant List