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 |