Otostegia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Leucadeae
Genus: Otostegia
Species: O. ellenbeckii – O. ericoidea – O. erlangeri – O. fruticosa – O. integrifolia – O. hildebrandtii – O. migiurtiana – O. modesta – O. tomentosa
Name

Otostegia Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 601 (1834)

Type species: Non designatus

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Dictilis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 89 (1837)

References

Bentham, G. 1834. Labiatarum Genera et Species 601.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Otostegia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Otostegia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 June 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Otostegia. Published online. Accessed: June 12 2014.

Otostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1834. It is native to eastern Africa and the Middle East.[1]

Species[1]

Otostegia ellenbeckii Gürke - Ethiopia
Otostegia ericoidea Ryding - Somalia
Otostegia erlangeri Gürke - Ethiopia + Somalia
Otostegia fruticosa (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penzig - Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan
Otostegia hildebrandtii (Vatke & Kurtz) Sebald - Somalia
Otostegia integrifolia Benth. - Ethiopia + Yemen
Otostegia migiurtiana Sebald - Somalia
Otostegia modesta S.Moore - Ethiopia + Somalia
Otostegia tomentosa A.Rich - Ethiopia + Somalia + Sudan

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families