{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Verbenaceae - Clerodendrum speciosissimum.JPG | image_caption = ''Clerodendrum speciosissimum'' at Botanicka Zahrada Praha | genus = Clerodendrum | species = speciosissimum | authority = Drapiez }}

'''''Clerodendrum speciosissimum''''' is a tropical shrub of the family Lamiaceae, native to Indonesia and Papuasia, but now naturalized in parts of Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, Seychelles, and Florida.<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=43058 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.</ref><ref>Mabberley, D.J. & De Kok, R.P.J. (2004). Labiatae. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances 25: 20-141. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</ref><ref>Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.</ref><ref>Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.</ref><ref>Wearn, J.A. & Mabberley, D.J. (2011). Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae) in Borneo. Systematic Botany 36: 1050-1061.</ref><ref>Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.</ref><ref>Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2012). Flora Mesoamericana 4(2): 1-533. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.</ref><ref>Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Clerodendrum%20speciosissimum.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map]</ref>

==Description== The shrub can grow up to 4 m tall. The leaves are square-shaped, and the large heart-shaped flowers can reach up to 30&nbsp;cm. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant, in particular for its bright red flowers.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Clerodendrum speciosissimum-IMG 5457.jpg|Close-up on flowers File:Gardenology.org-IMG 1974 hunt08sep.jpg|Leaves File:Clerodendron speciosissimum0.jpg|Fruits </gallery>

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==External links== * {{Catalogue of Life|798f329c4a70a5a7d4ed56e19a1db8ba|Clerodendrum speciosissimum}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133135/http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFM/2006.01/nn/1715 ''Clerodendrum speciosissimum''] Van Geert ex C. Morren, at Tela Botanica * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133200/http://www.tela-botanica.org/site:6?menu=135&flore=ANT&xslt=identitetaxon.xsl&servicexml=donneidentitestaxons.php&numclass=1&numnom=2465 ''Clerodendrum speciosissimum''] Van Geert ex Morr., at Tela Botanica * [http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/next?taxa=&p_format=&p_ifx=&p_lang=en&v_tsn=32163 ''Clerodendrum speciosissimum'']{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Van Geert ex Morr., at ITIS * [https://archive.today/20130801230439/http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.CLERODENDRUM.SPECIOSISSIMUM&pgs= ''Clerodendrum speciosissimum''] C.Morren, at Aluka

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speciosissimum Category:Flora of Malesia Category:Flora of Papuasia Category:Flora of Vanuatu Category:Plants described in 1836 Category:Garden plants

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