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Coleus defoliatus A. J. Paton

  • 1. Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, BE- 1860 Meise, Belgium & Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 CP 244, BE- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service général de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2. The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 AB, UK

Description

Coleus defoliatus (Hochst. ex Benth.) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 39. 2019.

Plectranthus defoliatus Hochst. ex Benth. in in A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 60. 1848. Type: Ethiopia, Jomara [Dschomara], 26 Dec 1839, G. W. Schimper II. 847 (holotype K; isotype BR [BR 0000006250720], FI [FI 000843], G [G 00435210], [G 00435211], HAL HAL 0114469], LG, M [M 0104742], MPU [MPU 015434], P [P 00450715], [P 00450716], TUB [TUB 009113], W).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 297), Paton et al. (2013: 246), as Plectranthus defoliatus Hochst. ex Benth.

Distribution.

Eritrea to S Tropical Africa.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah, steppe, riparian forest; 1600–2300 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lac Albert, Nioka, Mont-Ri, 23 Nov 1957, P. Bamps 66 (BR, POZG).

Burundi, Mugonga Manga, 14 Sep 1974, P. Auquier 4087 (BR); Niambikiwe, Oct 1932, A. Becquet 154 (BR); Route Bujumbura-Kitega, 19 Aug 1958, A. Christiaensen 2477 (BR); Murambi, km 80 route Bujumbura-Butare, 20 May 1960, F. L. Hendrickx 7962 (BR); Mubimbi, 24 May 1966, J. Lewalle 827 (MO); Teza, 19 Jun 1971, J. Lewalle 6028 (BR, WAG); Honga, 14 Oct 1971, M. Reekmans 1055 (BR).

Notes

Published as part of Meerts, Pierre J. & Paton, Alan J., 2024, The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species, pp. 71-178 in PhytoKeys 246 on pages 71-178, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. J. Paton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
defoliatus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Paton AJ, Bramley G, Ryding O, Polhill RM, Harvey YB, Iwarsson M, Willis F, Phillipson PB, Balkwill K, Lukhoba CW, Otieno D, Harley RM (2009) Lamiaceae (Labiatae). In: Beentje HJ, Ghazanfar SA, Polhill RM (Eds) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 1–430.
  • Paton AJ, Bramley G, Ryding O, Polhill RM, Harvey YB, Iwarsson M, Willis F, Phillipson PB, Balkwill K, Lukhoba CW, Otieno D, Harley RM (2013) Lamiaceae. In: Timberlake J (Ed.) Flora Zambesiaca 8 (8). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 1–346.