Otostegia Explained

Otostegia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1834. It is native to eastern Africa and the Middle East.^[1]

Species^[1]

1. Otostegia ellenbeckii Gürke - Ethiopia
2. Otostegia ericoidea Ryding - Somalia
3. Otostegia erlangeri Gürke - Ethiopia + Somalia
4. Otostegia fruticosa (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penzig - Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Sinai, Palestine, Jordan
5. Otostegia hildebrandtii (Vatke & Kurtz) Sebald - Somalia
6. Otostegia integrifolia Benth. - Ethiopia + Yemen
7. Otostegia migiurtiana Sebald - Somalia
8. Otostegia modesta S.Moore - Ethiopia + Somalia
9. Otostegia tomentosa A.Rich - Ethiopia + Somalia + Sudan

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=144778 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families