Clerodendrum albiflos
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Clerodendrum albiflos H.J.Lam.jpg
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| genus = Clerodendrum
| species = albiflos
| authority = H.J.Lam{{GBIF|title=Clerodendrum albiflos H.J.Lam |id=3895352| access-date=15 May 2025}}
| synonyms ={{species list |Clerodendrum albiflos var. glabrior |H.J.Lam}}
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Clerodendrum albiflos is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Western New Guinea.{{cite web |title=Clerodendrum albiflos |url=https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases//taxon_search.php?mode=details&id=374059 |website=Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries|access-date=15 May 2025}} It was first described in 1919 by the Dutch botanist Herman Johannes Lam in his monograph "Verbenaceae of the Malay Archipelago".{{cite web |title=Clerodendrum albiflos |url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-3895352.html |website=Mindat.org |access-date=15 May 2025}} The species is native to Western New Guinea, where it found in humid, lowland rainforests.{{cite taxon|POWO|title=Clerodendrum albiflos H.J.Lam |id=861907-1/general-information |access-date=15 May 2025}}
Description
It is a small tree that grows up to 12 metres in height. The flowers possess green sepals and a white corolla, with green anthers. The fruit is a dark purple berry, enclosed in a calyx that is greenish on the outside and reddish on the inside.{{cite web |title=Image of Clerodendrum albiflos specimen |url=https://www.gbif.org/tools/zoom/simple.html?src=//api.gbif.org/v1/image/cache/occurrence/5077805448/media/a8fb39946c87c0f4677b226c328e189c|website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) |quote=See specimen data on the lower-right side of the image. |access-date=15 May 2025}}
Varieties
Two taxa under Clerodendrum albiflos have been recorded from West Irian (Western New Guinea).{{cite book |last=Moldenke |first=Harold Norman |title=A Fifth Summary of the Verbenaceae: Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Dicrastylidaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae, and Eriocaulaceae of the World as to Valid Taxa, Geographic Distribution, and Synonymy |page=335|volume=1 |year=1971 |publisher=Braun-Brumfield |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BYmAQAAMAAJ |access-date=15 May 2025}}
- Clerodendrum albiflos H.J.Lam : The main species, native to Western New Guinea.
- Clerodendrum albiflos var. glabrior (Gibbs) H.J.Lam : A recognized variety, also recorded from Western New Guinea.