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Genus: Rotheca
Life
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Species in this genus were formerly placed in
Clerodendrum. There are 15 species native to
southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Rotheca amplifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rotheca caerulea
[= Clerodendrum caeruleum] |
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Rotheca caerulea
[= Clerodendrum caeruleum] |
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Rotheca cuneiformis
[= Clerodendrum cuneiforme] |
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Rotheca cyanea
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rotheca hirsuta
[= Clerodendrum hirsutum, Clerodendrum pearsonii,
Clerondendrum triphyllum] |
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Rotheca louwalbertsii
[= Clerodendrum louwalbertsii] |
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Rotheca myricoides
[= Clerodendrum dekindtii, Clerodendrum discolor, Clerodendrum
myricoides, Clerodendrum schlechteri] See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Rotheca pilosa
[= Clerodendrum pilosum] |
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Rotheca reflexa
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Rotheca teaguei
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Rotheca uncinata
[= Clerodendrum uncinatum] |
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Rotheca verdcourtii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Rotheca violacea
[= Clerodendrum violaceum] |
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Rotheca wildii
[= Clerodendrum wildii] See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Some of the species listed under
Clerodendrum might in fact be Rotheca
(still to check).
Herbivores
Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 2003. Lamiaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 584-600. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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