Rotheca myricoides subsp. myricoides

Rotheca myricoides subsp. myricoides

Rotheca myricoides subsp. 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: R. m. subsp. myricoides

Name

Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. subsp. myricoides autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cyclonema sylvaticum Hochst., Flora 25: 227 (1842).
  • Clerodendrum neumayeri Vatke, Linnaea 43: 535 (1882).
  • Clerodendrum sylvaticum (Hochst.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 176 (1895).
  • Clerodendrum dekindtii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 301 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. camporum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 299 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. grossiserratum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 299 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. laxum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 299 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. microphyllum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 299 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum schlechteri Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 302 (1900).
  • Clerodendrum ugandense Prain, Bot. Mag. 135: t. 8235 (1909).
  • Clerodendrum savanorum De Wild., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 7: 183 (1920).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. involutum B.Thomas, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 88 (1936).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. niansanum B.Thomas, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 87 (1936), not validly publ.
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. savanorum (De Wild.) B.Thomas, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68: 87 (1936).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides var. chartaceum Moldenke, Phytologia 4: 51 (1952).
  • Clerodendrum myricoides f. lanceolatilobatum R.Fern., Mem. Soc. Brot. 30: 55 (1998).
  • Rotheca myricoides f. lanceolatilobata (R.Fern.) R.Fern., Kew Bull. 55: 150 (2000).

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, 2nd 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 subsp. 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 subsp. 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 subsp. myricoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Mar 2022.

Vernacular names

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