Rotheca myricoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Ajugoideae
Tribus: Rotheceae
Genus: Rotheca
Species: Rotheca myricoides
Subspecies & varietates: R. m. subsp. austromonticola – R. m. var. capiriensis – R. m. var. discolor – R. m. var. dumalis – R. m. var. eleanorae – R. m. subsp. mafiensis – R. m. var. moldenkei – R. m. subsp. muenzneri – R. m. subsp. myricoides – R. m. subsp. namibiensis – R. m. subsp. napperae – R. m. subsp. ussukumae – R. m. var. viridiflora

Name

Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. (1998)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Spironema myricoides Hochst., Flora 25: 226 (1842).

Homotypic
- Cyclonema myricoides Hochst., Flora 25: 226 (1842).
- Cyrtostemma myricoides (Hochst.) Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 272 (1843).
- Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) R.Br. ex Vatke, Linnaea 43: 535 (1882).
- Siphonanthus myricoides (Hochst.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 844 (1900).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi Strip, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Steane, D.A. & Mabberley, D.J. 1998. Novon; a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. St. Louis, MO 8:205.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Rotheca myricoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Rotheca myricoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 20. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Rotheca myricoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Mar 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Rotheca myricoides. Published online. Accessed: Mar 20 2022. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rotheca myricoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gagelartige Rotheca, Uganda-Losstrauch
English: Blue Butterfly-bush