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Rotheca myricoides Blue Butterfly Bush

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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
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:
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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Rotheca myricoides. Published online. Accessed: Mar 20 2022.
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

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