Clerodendrum phlomidis

Hatmi, S. Al, Al Hinai, Abdulrahman, Al Qassabi, Zawan, Alzahrani, Ali Mohammed & Knees, Sabina, 2024, STUDIES IN THE FLORA OF ARABIA: XXXV. NEW RECORDS FROM THE SULTANATE OF OMAN, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 81 (2002), pp. 1-11 : 4-5

Clerodendrum phlomidis L.f.

Distributed in tropical regions of Southeast Asia, specifically the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, this species has not previously been recorded for the Arabian Peninsula . This new record for Arabia represents the westernmost natural distribution of the species. In Oman, it was found at two different locations, in a dry wadi with abundant mature trees and shrubs, 10 km north of Dalkut, as well as in shrubland with Rhazya stricta Decne. in Willayat Al Mazyounah ( Figure 2 A–C ). Both locations are in the most western part of Dhofar and about 140 km away from each other, adjacent to the border with Yemen.

Specimens. OMAN. Southern Oman: Dalkut , dry wadi with abundant mature trees and shrubs, 16°44′52.9′′N, 53°13′17′′E, 451 m, D. Lupton, S. Al Hatmi, A. Al Hinai DLHH 149 ( OBG) ; Willayat Al Mazyounah , shrubland with Rhazya stricta , 17°53′43.6′′N, 52°40′17.4′′E, 483 m, L. Al Harthy, S. Al Hatmi, A. Al Hinai LAS 37 ( OBG), 16°44′55.6′′N, 53°13′26′′E, 447 m, A. Patzelt, S. Al Hatmi, A. Al Hinai AP 4854, SHP 282 ( OBG) .

Figures

Figure 2. Clerodendrum phlomidis: A, habitat; B, leafy twig; C, close-up of leafy twig, showing flowers. Hordeum murinum: D, inflorescence. Photographs: Saif Al Hatmi.