Volkameria aculeataL.

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Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. a Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-02-13 / obs. 61462409
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. b Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61211080
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. c Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61180078
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61462417
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. e Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61211089
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. f Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61180098
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61211082
Volkameria aculeata, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61180095

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Volkameria aculeata is native: Northern Territory, Mexico Gulf, Bahamas, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is. Northern TerritoryMexico GulfBrazil NorthBrazil West-CentralColombiaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.Leeward Is.Turks-Caicos Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Volkameria aculeata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil West-Central BZC
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl.
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. acutifolium Kereszty
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. lanceolatum Kereszty
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. mucronatum Kereszty
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. orientale Kereszty
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum f. rotundatum Kereszty
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum var. gracile Griseb. ex Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum var. grandifolium Kuntze
  • Clerodendrum aculeatum var. parvifolium Kuntze
  • Clerodendrum angustifolium (Poir.) Spreng.
  • Clerodendrum duckei Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum linifolium (Ewart & B.Rees) de Kok
  • Clerodendrum ternifolium Kunth
  • Clerodendrum ternifolium var. mexiae Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum ternifolium var. serratifolium Moldenke
  • Clerodendrum ternifolium var. velutinosum Moldenke
  • Huxleya linifolia Ewart & B.Rees
  • Ovieda aculeata (L.) Baill.
  • Volkameria angustifolia Poir.
  • Volkameria linifolia (Ewart & B.Rees) Mabb. & Y.W.Yuan

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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