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ROTHECA myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. [family LABIATAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding (Aeollanthus, Basilicum, Clinopodium, Endostemon, Fuerstia, Hoslundia, Lavandula, Leucas, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Orthosiphon, Otostegia, Plectranthus, Renschia, Salvia, Scutellaria, Stachys, Teucrium, Tinnea) and M. Thulin (Clerodendrum, Premna, Rotheca, Vitex) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ROTHECA myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. [family LABIATAE], (1998);
Spironema myricoides Hochst. [family COMMELINACEAE], (1841);. [type as above]
Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1882). Fig. 218. [type as above]
Clerodendrum neumayeri Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1882);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1522 (B holo., destr., K iso.).
Clerodendrum myricoides (Vatke) Chédeville var. neumayeri [family LABIATAE], (1960);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1522 (B holo., destr., K iso.).
Information
Shrub or subshrub, up to 4 m tall; stems glabrous to tomentose. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3–4; blades narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate to ovate or obovate, 1.5–15 x 0.5–9 cm, acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire to serrate, glabrous to tomentose; petiole 0–25 mm long. Flowers in ± leafy cymes that are sometimes arranged in short-pedunculate panicles. Calyx cup-shaped, glabrous to tomentose; tube c. 5 mm long; lobes rounded to triangular, 1.2–3(–5) mm long, glandular inside. Corolla with midlobe dark blue or violet blue, lateral lobes pale blue or mauve; tube 5–7 mm long, inflated in front and with a deep slit at the back; lobes unequal, the midlobe largest. Fruit 5–6 x 8–10 mm, mostly deeply 4-lobed.
Range
N1, 2 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
900–1680 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Collenette 310; Hemming & Watson 3249; Bally 11122.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Notes
Magari (Som.). This is an extremely variable species and Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1992) subdivided it into a number of subspecies and varieties. The Somali material has almost glabrous leaves and short calyx-lobes and agrees with var. myricoides.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding (Aeollanthus, Basilicum, Clinopodium, Endostemon, Fuerstia, Hoslundia, Lavandula, Leucas, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Orthosiphon, Otostegia, Plectranthus, Renschia, Salvia, Scutellaria, Stachys, Teucrium, Tinnea) and M. Thulin (Clerodendrum, Premna, Rotheca, Vitex) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ROTHECA myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. [family LABIATAE], (1998);
Spironema myricoides Hochst. [family COMMELINACEAE], (1841);. [type as above]
Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1882). Fig. 218. [type as above]
Clerodendrum neumayeri Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1882);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1522 (B holo., destr., K iso.).
Clerodendrum myricoides (Vatke) Chédeville var. neumayeri [family LABIATAE], (1960);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1522 (B holo., destr., K iso.).
Information
Shrub or subshrub, up to 4 m tall; stems glabrous to tomentose. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3–4; blades narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate to ovate or obovate, 1.5–15 x 0.5–9 cm, acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire to serrate, glabrous to tomentose; petiole 0–25 mm long. Flowers in ± leafy cymes that are sometimes arranged in short-pedunculate panicles. Calyx cup-shaped, glabrous to tomentose; tube c. 5 mm long; lobes rounded to triangular, 1.2–3(–5) mm long, glandular inside. Corolla with midlobe dark blue or violet blue, lateral lobes pale blue or mauve; tube 5–7 mm long, inflated in front and with a deep slit at the back; lobes unequal, the midlobe largest. Fruit 5–6 x 8–10 mm, mostly deeply 4-lobed.
Range
N1, 2 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
900–1680 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Collenette 310; Hemming & Watson 3249; Bally 11122.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Notes
Magari (Som.). This is an extremely variable species and Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1992) subdivided it into a number of subspecies and varieties. The Somali material has almost glabrous leaves and short calyx-lobes and agrees with var. myricoides.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding (Aeollanthus, Basilicum, Clinopodium, Endostemon, Fuerstia, Hoslundia, Lavandula, Leucas, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Orthosiphon, Otostegia, Plectranthus, Renschia, Salvia, Scutellaria, Stachys, Teucrium, Tinnea) and M. Thulin (Clerodendrum, Premna, Rotheca, Vitex) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ROTHECA myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. [family LABIATAE], (1998);
Spironema myricoides Hochst. [family COMMELINACEAE], (1841);. [type as above]
Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1882). Fig. 218. [type as above]
Clerodendrum neumayeri Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1882);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1522 (B holo., destr., K iso.).
Clerodendrum myricoides (Vatke) Chédeville var. neumayeri [family LABIATAE], (1960);. type: N2, “Ahl” Mts near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1522 (B holo., destr., K iso.).
Information
Shrub or subshrub, up to 4 m tall; stems glabrous to tomentose. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3–4; blades narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate to ovate or obovate, 1.5–15 x 0.5–9 cm, acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire to serrate, glabrous to tomentose; petiole 0–25 mm long. Flowers in ± leafy cymes that are sometimes arranged in short-pedunculate panicles. Calyx cup-shaped, glabrous to tomentose; tube c. 5 mm long; lobes rounded to triangular, 1.2–3(–5) mm long, glandular inside. Corolla with midlobe dark blue or violet blue, lateral lobes pale blue or mauve; tube 5–7 mm long, inflated in front and with a deep slit at the back; lobes unequal, the midlobe largest. Fruit 5–6 x 8–10 mm, mostly deeply 4-lobed.
Range
N1, 2 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
900–1680 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Collenette 310; Hemming & Watson 3249; Bally 11122.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Notes
Magari (Som.). This is an extremely variable species and Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1992) subdivided it into a number of subspecies and varieties. The Somali material has almost glabrous leaves and short calyx-lobes and agrees with var. myricoides.
![ROTHECA myricoides (Hochst.) Steane & Mabb. [family LABIATAE]](/fsi/img/misc/plants/static_thumbs/flora_somalia_icon96.jpg)
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