Rotheca hirsuta

Rotheca hirsuta

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 hirsuta
Formas: R. h. f. hirsuta – R. h. f. triphylla

Name

Rotheca hirsuta (Hochst.) R.Fern., 2000

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cyclonema hirsutum Hochst., Flora 25: 228 (1842).
• Homotypic
  • Clerodendrum hirsutum (Hochst.) H.Pearson in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 5: 221 (1901), nom. illeg.
  • Clerodendrum pearsonii Moldenke, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 5: 1 (1937).
  • Clerodendrum triphyllum f. hirsutum (Hochst.) R.Fern., Mem. Soc. Brot. 30: 104 (1998).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical africa Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fernandes, R.M.S.B., 2000. Kew Bulletin 55: 148

Additional references

• Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
• 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 hirsuta 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 hirsuta. 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 hirsuta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Rotheca hirsuta. Published online. Accessed: Mar 20 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Butterfly bush, Matabele violet, Wild violet
SiSwati: sigibanyongo
Sesotho: khopha, mokata
isiZulu: umathanjana, umathanjane, uSikisiki

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