Rokohia

Rokohia cymarioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Peronematoideae
Genus: Rokohia
Species: R. cymarioides – R. siamensis

Name

Rokohia Z.H.Feng & U.B.Deshmukh, Phytotaxa 675: 93 (2024), nom. nov.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Garrettia H.R.Fletcher, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 71. (1937) nom. illeg. (junior homonym of Garretia Welw., 1859, Meliaceae)
    • Type species: Garrettia siamensis H.R.Fletcher, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 71 (1937)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central Asia-Tropical Indo-China Thailand Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Feng, Z.-H. & Deshmukh, U.B. 2024. Rokohia, a replacement name for Garrettia H.R.Fletcher (Lamiaceae: Peronematoideae), and additional notes on its lectotypification. Phytotaxa 675(1): 93–96. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.675.1.9 Reference page. 
• Fletcher, H.R. 1937. Contributions to the Flora of Siam. Additamentum XLII.: Two New Genera of Verbenaceae from Siam. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1937(2): 71–75. DOI: 10.2307/4107194, JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Rokohia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec. 04. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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