Clerodendrum splendens Don (1824: 349)

Meerts, Pierre, 2023, The genus Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in the flora of Central Africa (D. R. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), Phytotaxa 594 (1), pp. 1-42 : 29

22. Clerodendrum splendens Don (1824: 349) ; Baker (1900: 300); De Wildeman (1905: 310; 1909: 137; 1910a: 403; 1911b: 43; 1912b: pl. 31; 1920b: 175; 1922: 268); Durand & Durand (1909: 441); Thomas (1936: 56); Huber (1963: 444); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 513); Fernandes (2005: 94); Akoegninou et al. (2006: 985); Hawthorne & Jongkind (2006: 424); Lisowski (2009: 364); Lejoly et al. (2010: 295); Vande weghe et al. (2016: 744). Pollard (2022: 36).

Type:— SIERRA LEONE. In montibus, 1822, Don s. n. (lectotype selected by Thomas (1936): K000192834; iso-: BM000798613 ) .

Key to the varieties of C. splendens :

1. Lower surface of leaf glabrous...................................................................................................................................... var. splendens

- Lower surface of leaf puberulous to pubescent on veins or on the whole surface....................................................... var. pubescens