Rotheca myricoides




Family Lamiaceae (also placed in Verbenaceae)
Subfamily Teucrioideae
Scientific name Rotheca myricoides (Hochstetter) Steane & Mabberley
Synonyms Clerodendrum dekindtii Gürke var. dinteri E. Thomas; Clerodendrum discolor (Klotzsch) Vatke var. oppositifolium E. Thomas; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochstetter) Vatke; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochstetter) Vatke subsp. namibiense R. Fernandes; Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochstetter) Vatke var. niansanum B. Thomas; Clerodendrum ugandense Prain; Siphonanthus myricoides (Hochstetter) Hiern; Spironema myricoides Hochstetter; Cyclonema myricoides (Hochstetter) Hochstetter
Common name (English common name) blue butterfly flower
(Japanese common name) benkei-kusagi (ベンケイクサギ, 弁慶臭木)
Distribution Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Zaire, Ghana, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland
Reference Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb.
Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb.
Rotheca myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. var. myricoides
Novel plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/133970)



October 2009
at Jindai Botanical Garden
October 2009
at Jindai Botanical Garden



October 2009
at Jindai Botanical Garden