Rotheca

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: R. alata – R. amplifolia – R. aurantiaca – R. bukobensis – R. caerulea – R. calundensis – R. commiphoroides – R. cuneiformis – R. cyanea – R. farinosa – R. hirsuta – R. incisa – R. kissakensis – R. louwalbertsii – R. luembensis – R. makanjana – R. mendesii – R. myricoides – R. pilosa – R. prittwitzii – R. quadrangulata – R. reflexa – R. rupicola – R. sansibarensis – R. serrata – R. suffruticosa – R. taborensis – R. tanneri – R. teaguei – R. vanprukii – R. verdcourtii – R. violacea – R. wildii

Name

Rotheca Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4. 69 (1836).

• Type species: Non designatus.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cyclonema Hochst., Flora 25: 225 (1842)
  • Spironema Hochst., Flora 25: 226 (1842), nom. illeg.
  • Cyrtostemma Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 272 (1843)
  • Clerodendrum subg. Cyclonema (Hochst.) Guerke
  • Clerodendrum sect. Konocalyx Verdcourt

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

. Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar, Seychelles (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838 ("1836"). Flora Telluriana. Pars 4. 135 pp., Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 69.

Additional references

• Steane, D. & Mabberley, D.J. (1998) Rotheca (Lamiaceae) revived, Novon, 8(2): 204–206.
• Fernandes, R.B. & Verdcourt, B. (2000) Rotheca (Labiatae) revived: more new combinations, Kew Bulletin 55: 148.
• Herman, P.P.J. & Retief, E. (2002) Lamiaceae. New combinations in the genus Rotheca in southern Africa, Bothalia 32(1): 81.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Rotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 2. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Rotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 June 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Rotheca. Published online. Accessed: June 2 2014.

Vernacular names

فارسی: روثيكة
suomi: Tirskut
日本語: ロテカ属
中文: 三对节属

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