4/12/2024 0 Comments Wild bleeding heart plant![]() The genus is native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world, with most of the species occurring in tropical Africa and southern Asia, but with a few in the tropical Americas and northern Australasia, and a few extending north into the temperate zone in eastern Asia. It is native to Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands. The type species for the genus is Clerodendrum infortunatum. This is partly because about 30 species have been transferred to Rotheca, about 30 more to Volkameria, and 1 to Ovieda. It is currently classified in the subfamily Ajugoideae, being one of several genera transferred from Verbenaceae to Lamiaceae in the 1990s, based on phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular data.Įstimates of the number of species in Clerodendrum vary widely, from about 150 to about 450. Its common names include glorybower, bagflower and bleeding-heart. Clerodendrum is a genus of flowering plants formerly placed in the family Verbenaceae, but now considered to belong to the Lamiaceae (mint) family.
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