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Rotheca
Rotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. Estimates of the number of species in the genus vary from about 35 to as many as 60. Three of the species are native to tropical Asia, with the rest occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. The type species for the genus is Rotheca serrata. It had originally been named Rotheca ternifolia, but this name is now considered illegitimate.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rough-leaved Cats-whiskers
speciesRotheca myricoides
Butterfly Bush
speciesRotheca hirsuta
Blue Fountain Bush
speciesRotheca serrata
Musical Note
speciesRotheca microphylla
Slenderleaf Cat's Whiskers
speciesRotheca louwalbertsii
Smooth-Leaved Cat's Whiskers
speciesRotheca wildii
Rotheca nudiflora
speciesRotheca nudiflora
Rotheca quadrangulata
speciesRotheca quadrangulata
Rotheca macrostachya
speciesRotheca macrostachya
Rotheca caerulea
speciesRotheca caerulea
Rotheca luembensis
speciesRotheca luembensis
Rotheca alata
speciesRotheca alata
Rotheca bukobensis
speciesRotheca bukobensis
Rotheca suffruticosa
speciesRotheca suffruticosa
Rotheca cyanea
speciesRotheca cyanea
Rotheca cuneiformis
speciesRotheca cuneiformis
Rotheca pilosa
speciesRotheca pilosa
Serrated-Leaf Cat's Whiskers
speciesRotheca reflexa
Rotheca violacea
speciesRotheca violacea
Rotheca mendesii
speciesRotheca mendesii
Rotheca calundensis
speciesRotheca calundensis
Rotheca amplifolia
speciesRotheca amplifolia
Rotheca teaguei
speciesRotheca teaguei
Rotheca tanneri
speciesRotheca tanneri
Rotheca taborensis
speciesRotheca taborensis
Rotheca sansibarensis
speciesRotheca sansibarensis
Rotheca mirabilis
speciesRotheca mirabilis
Rotheca makanjana
speciesRotheca makanjana
Rotheca verdcourtii
speciesRotheca verdcourtii
Rotheca kissakensis
speciesRotheca kissakensis
Rotheca rupicola
speciesRotheca rupicola
Rotheca commiphoroides
speciesRotheca commiphoroides
Rotheca aurantiaca
speciesRotheca aurantiaca
Rotheca prittwitzii
speciesRotheca prittwitzii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 340360.