Volkameria L.

Native to:

Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Benin, Bermuda, Gabon, Guinea, Hawaii, Libya, Line Is., Mali, Mozambique Channel I, Phoenix Is., Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia, Western Australia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Leeratiwong, C. & Chantaranothai, P. (2014). The genus Volkameria L. (Lamiaceae) in Thailand. Thai Journal of Botany 6: 107-113.
• Yuan, Y.W., Mabberley, D.J., Steane, D.A. & Olmstead, R.G. (2010). Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae). Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy. Taxon 59: 125-133.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Clerodendrum.]